The Chairman of Strategy, Michael Seller, increased his opposition to the Bitcoin Improvement Proposal BIP 110. In his view, the proposal, to be implemented through a temporary soft fork, would reduce the neutrality of the Bitcoin bottom rule by limiting some transactions to blocks with new consensus rules.
BIP 110 is officially named “Reduced Data Temporary Softfork”. Designed as a proposal, the new rules will be implemented for approximately one year, mainly for a larger transaction structure with a larger data load. The option includes limiting OP RETURN output to 83 bytes and setting the relevant load ceiling at 256 bytes; the output created before the proposal takes effect is unaffected.
The focus of the dispute is on neutrality.
In an article entitled 110 Rights BIP 110 Is a Bad Idea, Syller stated that the Bitcoin Network should not modify the consensus rules to determine which otherwise valid transactions would be more eligible to occupy block space. His core view was that the agreement itself did not allow for an accurate judgement of the use of transaction data, and that therefore the bottom limits should not be based on differences of purpose.
According to him, the same data fields might be for photo, authentication records, supporting material, contractual information or new uses that had not yet arisen in the future. If the network begins to screen transactions by purpose, it may deviate from the location of bitcoin as a neutral settlement layer.
Proponents argue for a compressed data burden.
In support of BIP 110, it was argued that the proposal would help to reduce the amount of bulk data not related to payment and the storage and synchronized pressure of nodal operators. They also believe that Ordinals, Runes and other high-data-occupancy activities are pushing up the burden of the chain and diverting bitcoin from the point of origin of the point of view of electronic cash.
The Bitcoin Developer Luke Dashjr is still supporting the proposal. He did not accept calls from the outside for withdrawal of BIP 110, despite the continued warming of the debate over uses such as Ordinals.
Miners still have near zero.
The controversy has also led to a common understanding of how bitcoin should be formed. Previously, Adam Back, a co-founder of Seller and Blockstream, had opposed BIP 110 and warned that the risk of a forklift could be increased if controversial rules were promoted without broad support.
In terms of activation mechanisms, BIP 110 uses a modified signal process, requiring support of 1109 blocks in 2016 blocks, approximately 55%, to reach the locking phase. However, as of 12 July, the miner signal was still close to zero, leaving a clear gap from the activation threshold.
The latest statement by Seller shows that the discussion has gone beyond mere inscription or chain-based data use and extends to how the bottom of Bitcoin should deal with differences between developers, miners, nodal operators and users. “neutrality” will remain at the heart of the debate until the proposal enters the activated window.