Bitcoin’s BIP-110 fork is 300 blocks behind BTC and six years from fixing itself
CoinDesk•Shaurya Malwa11 AugBIP-110 — page 2
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Michael Saylor slams BIP-110: ‘Nobody controls Bitcoin, the network has spoken’
Amidst a wild west of criticism, does BIP-110 hold any chance of becoming the dominant Bitcoin chain?
AMBCrypto•Ishika Kumari11 Aug
Bitcoin's BIP Editors Remove Luke Dashjr Two Days After BIP-110 Fork Stalled
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.
The Defiant•The Defiant Team10 Aug
BIP-110 Bitcoin Fork Stalls at Two Blocks as Its Only Miner Quits
OCEAN will refund roughly 0.3 BTC to miners whose hashrate its Stratum templates sent to the breakaway chain for about 18 hours.
The Defiant•The Defiant Team10 Aug
BIP-110 Fork Stalls at Two Blocks as Bitcoin Miners Refuse to Follow
Bitcoin Magazine BIP-110 Fork Stalls at Two Blocks as Bitcoin Miners Refuse to Follow A controversial proposal — supported by the Knots community — aimed at clearing up spam on the Bitcoin network, attempted to fork on Saturday. It failed spectacularly, picking up only a fraction of the mining power of the main Bitcoin network. This post BIP-110 Fork Stalls at Two Blocks as Bitcoin Miners Refuse to Follow first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Mathew Di Salvo .
Bitcoin Killed the BIP-110 Fork: Breakaway Coin by September 1?
The BIP-110 fork died after two blocks. Backers now target September 1 for a proof-of-work change and breakaway coin.
BeInCrypto•Lockridge Okoth10 Aug
Bitcoin’s BIP-110 fork is back, but its backers want to replace the miners and change PoW
Bitcoin’s BIP-110 push failed to gain meaningful mining support over the weekend, leaving the proposal stranded on a minority chain that produced only two blocks before stalling at height 961,633. The soft fork was designed to temporarily restrict several forms of arbitrary data on Bitcoin and required 55% miner signaling during its deployment window. Instead, […]
CryptoSlate•Oluwapelumi Adejumo10 Aug
OCEAN Pledges BTC Refunds After Chain-Split Error
Bitcoin mining pool OCEAN revealed that a configuration issue caused some miners to unknowingly mine on the stalled BIP-110 chain for roughly 18 hours. The pool said it will distribute approximately 0.3 bitcoin in direct rebate payments to match the rewards miners would have earned on the main chain. Reimbursing Affected Miners Bitcoin mining […]
Bitcoin.com News•Terence Zimwara10 Aug
Bitcoin's BIP-110 episode is free-market capitalism in purest form
CoinDesk•Omkar Godbole10 Aug
Bitcoin Miners Demand Ousting of OCEAN Leadership After BIP-110 Fork Disaster
Bitcoin mining pool OCEAN faces an escalating crisis after a controversial admission.The pool redirected some users’ hashrate to the failed BIP-110 minority chain without clear consent. The incident lasted roughly 18 hours. During that time, affected miners believed they were using non-BIP-110 Stratum templates. Instead, their hardware mined blocks on a separate fork. Bitcoin Hashrate
BeInCrypto•Phil Haunhorst10 AugA
BIP-110 UASF begins with 2.53% miner support – Bitcoin’s biggest governance test yet
Will miners eventually accept or reject BIP-110?
AMBCrypto•Ishika Kumari10 Aug
BIP-110 Soft Fork Implodes: Mines Just Two Blocks Before Grinding to a Halt
BIP-110 supporters insist the proposal remains viable, despite the minority chain falling dozens of blocks behind Bitcoin's main chain.
This bitcoin miner rejected BIP-110 despite mining through a pool that supported it
CoinDesk•Shaurya Malwa10 Aug
Murch calls for Luke Dashjr’s removal from Bitcoin BIP Editors after BIP-110 controversy
The controversy highlights the need for stronger governance mechanisms in Bitcoin's BIP process to prevent unilateral decision-making.
CryptoBriefing•Editorial Team10 Aug
BIP-110 dies with a whimper, CLARITY vote punted: Hodler’s Digest, Aug. 9
BIP-110 forks itself into oblivion with a “2-block chain” and CLARITY will finally get a Senate vote in September. The odds say that vote will be a No.
Cointelegraph•Cointelegraph by Andrew Fenton10 Aug
BIP-110 Backers Plot Minority Chain’s PoW Reset to ‘Fire’ Bitcoin Miners
BIP-110 proponents are debating whether to change the proof-of-work algorithm on their stalled minority chain after it managed to mine only two blocks before Bitcoin’s enormous difficulty effectively brought activity to a signficant crawl. The BIP-110 chain split from Bitcoin after mandatory signaling began at block 961632 on Aug. 8. Nodes enforcing BIP-110 began rejecting […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman9 Aug
Bitcoin BIP-110 split widens as fork freezes at 2 blocks
Bitcoin’s BIP-110 branch remains frozen after two blocks, falling 111 blocks behind as miner signaling drops to zero in the new period.
Roughnecks Quits BIP-110 Mining as Ocean Hashrate Collapses
Roughnecks, the mining group responsible for the only two blocks on Bitcoin’s new BIP-110 minority chain, has stopped mining under its name and urged others to stand down as the breakaway network remains stuck just two blocks beyond its split from Bitcoin. Roughnecks Pulls the Plug as the Fork Freezes The group announced the decision […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman9 Aug
Bitcoin BIP-110 enters mandatory phase at 2.53% support
Bitcoin’s BIP-110 branch stalled after two blocks and fell 98 blocks behind, after mandatory signaling began with only 2.53% miner support.
Bitcoin’s Price Barely Blinks Amid Coldcard Sweeps and BIP-110’s Collapse
Bitcoin barely flinched through two potentially disruptive events, holding near $65,000 as losses tied to the Coldcard hardware wallet exploit mounted and the BIP-110 minority chain stalled almost immediately after splitting from the main network. Over the past 48 hours, BTC traded largely between $64,500 and $65,250. By Sunday morning, Aug. 9, bitcoin was changing […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman9 Aug