The developers who maintain the minority chain that forked away from Bitcoin on Aug. 8, 2026, plan to make it so miners cannot unlock newly mined coins for 45 days. The news comes as BTCB2, also labeled Bitcoin BLAKE2b, Bitcoin BIP-110, or XBT on some trading venues, has dropped 84% below its all-time high. From […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman21 Sept
According to a slew of reports, the failed BIP-110 forked asset from the August chain split is now seeing a market price. The newly launched cryptocurrency was listed on an exchange called Neoxa Exchange and started trading for around $80 per coin under the ticker BTCB2. However, a Reddit user claims that the trading platform […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman2 Sept
This weekend, the BIP-110 community restarted the stalled fork that occurred on Aug. 8, 2026, and so far, the chain has mined over 800 blocks. In addition to changing the proof-of-work (PoW) consensus from SHA-256d to Blake2b, blockchain developer Luke Dashjr reduced the block size, something he’s been itching to do to Bitcoin for years. […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman31 Aug
The new chain has replaced SHA256d, which is Bitcoin's mining algorithm with BLAKE2b under its hard-fork rules.
Bitcoin’s stalled BIP-110 branch is moving toward a BLAKE2b fork as David Schwartz challenges supporters before the planned Sept. 1 launch.
A second breakaway hard fork is prepared for September 1, 2026 after BIP-110's initial failure, aiming to move Bitcoin's proof-of-work mechanism to the Blake2b Mining Algorithm.
U.Today•Tomiwabold Olajide31 Aug
A planned revival of the failed BIP-110 stalled fork is putting an old cryptocurrency hazard back in the spotlight: replay attacks, where a transaction intended for one blockchain can potentially be copied onto another. The issue matters because Luke Dashjr and other BIP-110 supporters are discussing a hard fork that would replace the minority chain’s […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman20 Aug
Since Bitcoin split at block 961632 on Aug. 8, the tiny Roughnecks pool has burned scarce hashpower chasing a chain almost nobody can trade, grinding out just four blocks across seven days. Now, BIP-110 supporters are preparing an even bigger gamble: abandoning double SHA-256 for Blake2b, a proof-of-work (PoW) primitive used by only a handful […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman15 AugFollowing the BIP-110 collapse, David Schwartz fires back at Bitcoin cando-purists, declaring that network opinions "don't matter one bit".
U.Today•Gamza Khanzadaev14 Aug
BIP-110 proponents argues that the rejection of the proposal proves Bitcoin has been “captured” by a centralized cartel of major mining pools. Critics insist the rejection validates Bitcoin’s governance model, demonstrating its built-in anti-fragility—remaining resistant to unilateral or contentious changes. A Fracture in Node Sovereignty In the wake of the now-failed attempt to restrict non-financial […]
Bitcoin.com News•Terence Zimwara13 Aug
Bitcoin developers have finished a proposed security cleanup called BIP-54, but winning enough support to activate it may prove harder than writing the code. BIP-54, formally known as “Consensus Cleanup,” would make four narrow changes to Bitcoin’s core rules. The proposal is designed to close old weaknesses and unusual edge cases, not add new ways […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman12 AugBitcoin entrepreneur Samson Mow has argued that the BIP-110 movement was largely a backlash to decisions and behavior within the Bitcoin Core ecosystem.
U.Today•Alex Dovbnya12 Aug
Plan B Network director Giacomo Zucco says BIP-110’s failure exposed the challenges of recreating Bitcoin’s early development.
The Block•Kyle Baird12 Aug
Luke Dashjr has been removed as a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal editor after a dispute around BIP-110, marking a rare governance flashpoint inside Bitcoin’s usually slow-moving technical process.
NewsBTC•NewsBTC Editorial Team11 Aug
The new mining algorithm is intended to push back against miners that refused to support BIP-110's signaling requirements.
Supporters of the soft fork he championed split onto their own chain on Saturday, where it mined two blocks in eight hours and stopped.
Luke Dashjr is taking a sabbatical from his leadership roles at the Jack Dorsey-backed bitcoin mining pool Ocean as he turns his attention toward the BIP-110 fork and open-source development, just as developers behind the stalled minority chain begin organizing an aggressive proof-of-work (PoW) overhaul designed to revive their fork. “I am taking a sabbatical […]
Bitcoin.com News•Jamie Redman11 Aug
CoinDesk•Jamie Crawley11 Aug
David Schwartz criticized Bitcoin Knots over its attack warning as BIP-110 remains stalled and supporters prepare to select a new mining algorithm.
Ripple veteran and XRP Ledger architect David Schwartz has criticized Bitcoin Knots over its response to the failed BIP-110 fork attempt.
U.Today•Alex Dovbnya11 Aug