BIP-110 Bitcoin Fork Branch Hits Roadblock as Gap Widens

A proposed Bitcoin fork called BIP-110 has hit a roadblock as its enforcing branch stalled after producing only two blocks at block 961,633 on Sunday. This is despite mandatory signaling entering at block 961,632 on Saturday.

The non-enforcing chain advanced to 961,721, widening the gap to 88 blocks. The BIP-110 monitor shows that the branch's latest block was mined about 12 hours earlier.

Ocean records reveal that a pseudonymous mining group called Roughnecks produced the first two blocks using Ocean's Decentralized Alternative Templates for Universal Mining (DATUM) protocol.

BIP-110 has faced opposition from prominent Bitcoin advocates, including Michael Saylor and Adam Back. Saylor expressed concerns about BIP-110's approach threatening Bitcoin's neutral rules and consensus, while Blockstream CEO Adam Back warned that the consensus-level change could damage Bitcoin's credibility and potentially make certain unspent transaction outputs unspendable.