Bitcoin Governance Debate Intensifies Over BIP-110 and OP_CAT Layer

BIP-110, a proposal to temporarily restrict non-monetary data on Bitcoin, has ignited controversy over block space use and spam definitions. Meanwhile, OP_CAT Layer continues to promote programmable Bitcoin and AI-native finance, highlighting the ongoing split in Bitcoin's scaling vision.

Heat

100

Confidence

90%

Evidence

Updated

2026-07-14 13:19 UTC

Why It Happened

The proposal aims to curb Ordinals and Runes inscriptions by limiting non-monetary writes, drawing criticism from those who see it as censorship. OP_CAT Layer counters with a vision of Bitcoin as a programmable layer for autonomous agents and DeFi.

Outcome So Far

BIP-110 has lost miner support, with signaling dropping to 0% in recent blocks, suggesting the proposal is unlikely to advance.

Actors

Luke DashjrCore Developer · Bitcoin

Faithful Roman Catholic, husband, father of six children, and Bitcoin Core developer.Luke Dashjr, known in the Bitcoin world as Luke-Jr, is a Bitcoin Core developer and the founder of Eligis mining pool. He has made over contributions to Bitcoin Core, and maintains the Bitcoin Improvement Proposals section on GitHub.Dashjr has been contributing to Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin since . Segregated Witness, a proposal that among other improvements increases Bitcoin’s transaction capacity, was implemented as a soft-work with Dashjr’s help.Released in , Dashjr’s BFG Miner has become one of the most widely used implementations of Bitcoin mining software. It supports a wide range of mining hardware and is available on Mac, Windows, and Linux.Dashjr founded Eligius, one of the first Bitcoin mining pools. Today it amounts to less than % of the Bitcoin network hashrate. Eligius is an anonymous mining pool and no registration is required.Dashjr is responsible for BIPs and . BIP added protocol support for long polling, which allowed to be notified of new templates immediately. BIP allows miners to “check the basic validity of their next block before expending work on it, reducing risks of accidental hardforks or mining invalid blocks.”

OPOP_CAT LayerProject promoting programmable Bitcoin and AI finance

Timeline order

2026-07-12
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BIP-110 signaling drops to 0%

User @Relentless_btc reports that BIP-110 signaling has fallen to 0% over the past 124 blocks, indicating lack of miner support.

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Cryptoast reports on BIP-110 controversy

Cryptoast publishes article stating BIP-110 proposes temporary restrictions on non-monetary data writes in Bitcoin, aiming to reduce Ordinals and Runes inscriptions, sparking debate over Bitcoin governance and spam definition.