BIP-110 may self-fork or fail to activate by August 7th, warns Adam Back
BIP-110, a Bitcoin proposal aimed at limiting non-monetary data, faces significant challenges ahead of its potential activation on August 7th. With minimal support from miners and nodes, the proposal risks either a chain split or failure to activate. Concerns have been raised about its impact on existing protocols and the possibility of locking up users' Bitcoin.
- ▪BIP-110 seeks to impose strict limits on non-monetary data in Bitcoin transactions.
- ▪As of March 2026, the proposal has garnered only 2.4-4.5% support from network nodes.
- ▪No major mining pools have signaled support for BIP-110, raising doubts about its successful activation.
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BIP-110 may self-fork or fail to activate by August 7th, warns Adam Back The controversial Bitcoin proposal to limit non-monetary data has virtually no miner support, setting the stage for either a chain split or a quiet death. Share Add us on Google by Editorial Team May. 29, 2026 window.sevioads = window.sevioads || []; var sevioads_preferences = []; sevioads_preferences[0] = {}; sevioads_preferences[0].zone = "01f21ccf-2092-46b1-9ac7-8c44cc782e0f"; sevioads_preferences[0].adType = "native"; sevioads_preferences[0].inventoryId = "c5700508-581b-472c-8fdd-a931cdbfc8e1"; sevioads_preferences[0].accountId = "1e47efc1-ec2d-4fca-a8b9-354e249e5095"; sevioads.push(sevioads_preferences); Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream and one of the few people actually cited in the Bitcoin whitepaper, is sounding…
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