Schwartz Slams Bitcoin's BIP-110 Legacy Chain Fix: 'Listen to Yourself'

Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz has criticized Bitcoin's BIP-110 Legacy Chain Fix, saying 'listen to yourself' in response to its proponents. The discussion began on X after a user described BLAKE2b as an attack on BTC.

The breakaway Bitcoin hard fork backed by developer Luke Dashjr switches the mining system from SHA-256d to BLAKE2b and is set to launch on September 1. Loogart, a BIP-110 supporter, questioned why pursuing a different Proof of Work (PoW) and an alternative chain should be considered an attack when participation is voluntary.

Schwartez responded with a tongue-in-cheek remark: 'You're not 'still' attacking. You switched from participating in governance to attacking when you refused to accept that you lost.'

BIP-110 was a proposed Bitcoin soft fork that would have temporarily restricted the use of block space for non-financial data, but it stalled after producing only two blocks.