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BIP-110 hard deadline nears as miner support stays below 1%
The Reduced Data Temporary Soft Fork would cap OP_RETURN and other data-carrying methods for one year, but opponents warn it could invalidate some currently valid, fee-paying transactions.
CoinDesk reports that Bitcoin’s BIP-110, a controversial proposal to temporarily restrict non-financial data on the blockchain, is approaching an early August deadline with miner support still under 1%. The proposal, formally the Reduced Data Temporary Soft Fork, would tighten how transactions can carry data for one year by limiting OP_RETURN size and blocking most arbitrary data chunks above 256 bytes, along with restricting some script formats used for data storage.
Under BIP-110, CoinDesk says the affected paths include OP_RETURN, data pushes, and related script or witness methods that have been used for on-chain content such as inscriptions and token metadata. Backers argue the changes would refocus Bitcoin on payments, while critics contend the move would improperly censor transactions that are valid and also generate fees.
CoinDesk adds that major industry figures have publicly opposed the plan. Michael Saylor has argued there are “110 things more dangerous to Bitcoin than spam,” describing BIP-110 as a shift from a spam dispute into a broader consensus change that could invalidate some currently valid, fee-paying transactions.
CoinDesk also notes that adoption by miners and nodes remains in the low single digits, suggesting BIP-110 could produce only a small minority chain rather than a network-wide change.
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