Your Exchange Is Selling ‘Fake Bitcoins,' Says the Bitcoin Knots Developer
Luke Dashjr says exchanges sell fake bitcoins after the Bitcoin hard fork. His BLAKE2b chain still draws almost no support.
Luke Dashjr says exchanges sell fake bitcoins after the Bitcoin hard fork. His BLAKE2b chain still draws almost no support.

This weekend, the BIP-110 community restarted the stalled fork that occurred on Aug. 8, 2026, and so far, the chain has mined over 800 blocks. In addition to changing the proof-of-work (PoW) consensus from SHA-256d to Blake2b, blockchain developer Luke Dashjr reduced the block size, something he’s been itching to do to Bitcoin for years. […]

Luke Dashjr quit OCEAN and calls Bitcoin Spamcoin. His BLAKE2b chain breaks away September 1. What it means for BTC.

OCEAN still represented 2.45% of trailing-day blocks after buying out its co-founder, while CONVOY disclosed no operational footprint.

OCEAN co-founder Luke Dashjr has resigned and sold his equity back to the Bitcoin mining pool before launching a new venture called CONVOY.

Luke Dashjr's conditional rehearsal still lacks settled activation settings, disclosed day-one hash, named service policies and universal replay protection.

A planned revival of the failed BIP-110 stalled fork is putting an old cryptocurrency hazard back in the spotlight: replay attacks, where a transaction intended for one blockchain can potentially be copied onto another. The issue matters because Luke Dashjr and other BIP-110 supporters are discussing a hard fork that would replace the minority chain’s […]

Dashjr's removal highlights the critical importance of governance integrity and procedural adherence in maintaining Bitcoin's decentralized ethos.

Luke Dashjr has been removed as a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal editor after a dispute around BIP-110, marking a rare governance flashpoint inside Bitcoin’s usually slow-moving technical process.

Bitcoin Magazine Luke Dashjr Removed as Bitcoin BIP Editor Following (BIP)-110 Fork Failure Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr, who backed the failed Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP)-110, has been removed from his position as an editor of such proposals for the development of the Bitcoin network. The decision, voted on by other Bitcoin developers, was posted on the BIP Github Sunday. The BIP Github page, separate from Bitcoin Core’s repository, […] This post Luke Dashjr Removed as Bitcoin BIP Editor Following (BIP)-110 Fork Failure first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Mathew Di Salvo .

Supporters of the soft fork he championed split onto their own chain on Saturday, where it mined two blocks in eight hours and stopped.

Luke Dashjr is taking a sabbatical from his leadership roles at the Jack Dorsey-backed bitcoin mining pool Ocean as he turns his attention toward the BIP-110 fork and open-source development, just as developers behind the stalled minority chain begin organizing an aggressive proof-of-work (PoW) overhaul designed to revive their fork. “I am taking a sabbatical […]


A Bitcoin BIP editor removal motion targets Luke Dashjr as disputes over BIP110, procedure and a stalled fork remain unresolved.

Luke Dashjr was removed as a Bitcoin BIP editor after a BIP 110 dispute, while the proposal is now marked Closed after its minority fork stalled.

Luke Dashjr lost his BIP editor privileges after developers raised concerns over his role in BIP 110 and its stalled minority fork.
Dashjr lost editor and admin access to the BIPs repository about 26 hours after Mark "Murch" Erhardt filed a motion on the developer mailing list. Dashjr called the accusations false. Minutes before the removal was confirmed, he announced a sabbatical from mining pool Ocean.

Bitcoin BIP editor Murch called for Luke Dashjr’s removal, citing BIP110 process concerns after the proposal created a minority chain.

The controversy highlights the need for stronger governance mechanisms in Bitcoin's BIP process to prevent unilateral decision-making.