BIP-110 minority fork fell 18 blocks behind Bitcoin mainchain due to insufficient hash power supporting the proposal.
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A proposed Bitcoin fork based on BIP-110 has struggled to attract mining support, producing only two blocks over eight hours while the main chain advanced 48 blocks during the same period. The fork, which aims to restrict non-financial transaction data on Bitcoin, has captured a minimal share of network hashpower and fallen significantly behind the canonical chain.
BIP-110 represents a contentious proposal to tighten rules around onchain data, with the fork constituting a hard split from Bitcoin's existing consensus. The disparity in block production—two versus 48—reflects the lack of miner adoption for the alternative ruleset. As corroborating reports indicate, the minority fork has captured only 0.15% of network hashpower and fallen further behind as the gap widens.
It remains unclear whether the fork will gain additional miner support, whether opposition from figures like Michael Saylor and Adam Back will harden into permanent rejection, or whether the proposal will be abandoned entirely as mining centralization on the main chain continues to widen the divergence.