Bitcoin ‘anti-spam' fork halts after mining two blocks

Bitcoin’s proposed BIP-110 anti-spam soft fork failed to gain traction and effectively stalled after producing just two blocks, with about 99.85% of hashpower remaining on the main Bitcoin chain. The split occurred at block 961,632 and the minority chain froze at 961,633, while the main chain continued advancing normally. The article frames the result as a clear rejection of transaction-content filtering proposals, with critics arguing such rules could undermine Bitcoin’s neutrality. Despite the brief fork, Coinbase and Kraken reported no disruptions, and deposits, withdrawals, and trading continued as usual. Market impact appears limited in the short term, but the episode reinforces Bitcoin governance tensions around censorship resistance and protocol changes.