Adam Back

Bitcoin has entered the mandatory signaling period for BIP-110, a controversial soft fork proposal aimed at limiting non-financial data on the network. Miner support remains far below the required threshold, while supporters are framing the effort as a user-activated push led by node operators.

Bitcoin’s BIP-110 proposal is moving toward a key activation window despite negligible public miner signaling. The user-activated soft fork debate is becoming a broader test of who coordinates Bitcoin rule changes: miners, nodes, exchanges, or users.

Bitcoin’s controversial BIP 110 proposal is approaching an early August deadline with miner support at zero in the current signaling period. The plan seeks to restrict arbitrary data on Bitcoin for one year, but prominent critics argue it could turn a spam dispute into a damaging consensus battle.