Adam Back and Michael Saylor oppose BIP 110, arguing it violates Bitcoin's decentralization principles and sets a dangerous precedent for invalidating valid transactions.
Regulation & Gov ·
Adam Back, Blockstream co-founder, and Michael Saylor, Strategy founder, have publicly opposed BIP 110, citing fundamental concerns about Bitcoin's architecture. Back argued that the proposal amounts to policing transactions in violation of Bitcoin's decentralization and permissionlessness principles, cautioning that advancing it risks network fracture. Saylor contended that BIP 110 would elevate a spam dispute into a consensus mechanism that invalidates presently valid, fee-paying transactions, describing such a precedent as highly dangerous.
The disagreement centers on whether the Bitcoin community should adopt the change. Back's position emphasizes protocol integrity and the risks of forking, while Saylor urges focus on what he frames as more significant systemic threats rather than the dispute underlying BIP 110.
What remains unclear is the breadth of opposition among other influential developers, miners, and node operators, and whether sufficient consensus exists to prevent adoption or to trigger a network split if the proposal advances.