Bitcoin Ordinals supporters Leonidas launched the open-source client DOG Mode, trying to adjust the default continuation of part of the transaction at the node without changing the Bitcoin Consensus rules. This move brought back to the stage the controversy surrounding Ordinals, Runes and the space use of blocks.
Focus Relay Policy
The core of the DOG Mode is not fork bitcoin, nor is it a modification of the block certification rules, but a relaxation of the "standard transaction" restrictions that the node software defaults on. Leonidas is of the view that as long as the transaction itself conforms to the consensus rules and is willing to pay the fees, it should not be screened by the client software for its purpose.
According to the introduction, the DOG Mode raised the upper limit for a single transaction under the default trunking strategy to 3.9 million times, while Bitcoin Core currently defaults the upper limit of 400,000 times. The client also downgrades the small output to 1 hearing.
Compare with BIP 110
This means that running the DOG Mode node allows for the forwarding of valid transactions that other clients have defaulted to be “non-standard”. It remains for the miners to decide whether or not these transactions will eventually enter the blocks. Even if the contents of the memory pool differed from one node to another, the bitcoin consensus rule itself would not change.
DOG Mode's idea stands in stark contrast to BIP 110. The latter advocated temporary consensus restrictions on a number of high-volume transaction types, which amounted to an attempt to tighten space for some transactions at the level of agreement.
The support rate is still to be observed.
The party supporting BIP 110 was of the view that such transactions would push up storage costs and occupy limited block space. Opponents, on the other hand, are concerned that a broader precedent may be created in the future once consensus rules are amended to limit transactions that are currently valid.
It was reported that both Michael Saylor and Adam Back were opposed to BIP 110, and that the miner signal support rate for the proposal in mid-July was still significantly below the threshold of 55 per cent. DOG Mode does not need to be agreed across the network to start running, but its real impact depends on whether nodes, miners and users adopt the strategy.