12-Year-Old Dispute Revives as BIP-110 Splits Bitcoin Community

The Bitcoin governance debate has intensified with the resurfacing of a 2014 incident involving developer Luke Dashjr, as critics led by Nakamoto CEO David Bailey challenge his credibility on BIP-110. The proposal, which would impose a one-year ban on non-monetary data such as Ordinals and BRC-20 tokens, is set to begin activation in early August amid miner support below 1%. Michael Saylor’s July 9 claim that Bitcoin has “no spam problem” drew 938 replies and largely negative reactions, underscoring persistent divisions over blockspace policy and the risk of a chain split.