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Just 2.53% of blocks signaled support in the last two weeks, leaving BIP-110 far from the 55% lock-in threshold and putting miner alignment at the center of Bitcoin’s block-space fight.
The client tests whether node operators can widen access to Bitcoin block space while preserving consensus and reducing reliance on private relay channels.
The new client would relax relay policy rather than rewrite consensus, freeing an estimated $25M in Ordinals and Runes padding without needing a single miner's vote.
The proposal to throttle non-financial data was rejected, yet the block-size-war-adjacent debate over who decides Bitcoin's purpose is now baked into every future upgrade conversation.
CryptoQuant's Network Activity Index has climbed above its long-term trend for the first time since mid-2024 — yet the surge is concentrated in sub-0.01 BTC transfers and OP_RETURN data writes, not…
The shift from ~44% in 2023 to ~80% today is being driven by OP_RETURN-based protocols like Runes and Ordinals, not by larger value transfers — and the mempool is already showing it.
A flagship Bitcoin Ordinals infrastructure project is winding down — and the closure of its companion trading app Zap alongside it signals financial pressure, not just a strategic pivot.
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