Bitcoin Network Splits Over Proposed Soft Fork

The Bitcoin network experienced a split at block height #961,632 on August 8. The split was triggered by two blocks at the same height, one mined by AntPool without signaling support for BIP-110 and another found by Roughnecks via the Ocean pool.

The main chain accepted the first block, while nodes backing the proposal rejected it and switched to the alternative. Both versions share a common ancestor but include different sets of transactions.

The lag between the two branches grew to 48 blocks by August 9, with the main network reaching #961,687 and the BIP-110 branch at #961,633.