Mow Revives Bitcoin XT Warning Over Proposed Hard Fork Risk

Samson Mow, chief executive of JAN3, has revived the debate surrounding Bitcoin XT and BIP101. He warned that the proposed hard fork requiring 75% miner signaling risks forcing major protocol changes and potentially splitting the network.

The Bitcoin XT campaign failed in the past, but its governance lessons continue to shape modern disputes over relay policy versus consensus.

Mow noted that Gavin Andresen and Mike Hearn promoted BIP101 to miners after Core developers rejected it. The proposal's 75% miner threshold tested Bitcoin's consensus model, raising concerns about network division.