The Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) 110, which aimed to restrict certain transaction types, has officially been marked as Closed after its enforcing branch split from the main chain and stalled at block height 961,633. The branch produced only two blocks—961,632 and 961,633—before coming to a halt, with OCEAN data showing no new block for roughly 59 hours as of Aug. 11, 2026. The fork occurred despite only 2.53% of the preceding 2,016 blocks signaling support for the proposal, far below its 55% voluntary threshold.
Amid the fallout, David Schwartz, architect of the XRP Ledger and former Ripple CTO, publicly criticized the Bitcoin Knots project—the client maintaining the failed branch—after it issued a warning claiming the Bitcoin network was “under attack.” Schwartz questioned whether the message was intended to mislead those unaware of the context, calling it “nonsense” that should be condemned. His remarks came as the official BIP repository moved the proposal to Closed status, citing both the chain split and the stall.
The BIP-110 enforcing branch remains frozen at block 961,633, with OCEAN’s mining dashboard still displaying exahashes per second of mining power but no new block found. Bitcoin Knots, however, has not abandoned the effort entirely: the project announced it would select a new proof-of-work algorithm through a deterministic random process in its Discord channel on Tuesday, Aug. 11, at 14:00 UTC. If implemented, such a change would move the minority chain away from Bitcoin’s existing SHA-256 mining system, representing a potential path to a persistent separate network. As of publication time, the selection had not yet occurred.
The controversy has also triggered governance changes. On Aug. 10, Jon Atack merged a pull request removing Luke Dashjr, a prominent Bitcoin developer and key backer of BIP-110, from the list of BIP editors. The action followed concerns raised by Mark Erhardt about Dashjr’s involvement in the split and his use of editorial privileges. Atack confirmed Dashjr no longer held editor or administrator rights. Dashjr disputed the removal, calling it an abuse of power. The immediate focus now turns to whether Bitcoin Knots’ proof-of-work selection will revive the stalled chain or mark the end of the BIP-110 saga.
