Articles
Start with the context behind Bitcoin's arbitrary data problem, then move into the BIP-110 proposal and its tradeoffs.
Context#
Start with the institutional and technical background: the network, the leverage points, the merge, and the OP_RETURN policy change.
CAPTURE: The Network
Part one documents the people, institutions, and incentives that hodlonaut argues shaped Bitcoin Core's informal power structure before the OP_RETURN controversy.
CAPTURE: The Lever
Part two examines how funding, review influence, and institutional weight can sideline inconvenient contributors without a formal governance process.
CAPTURE: The Merge
Part three of hodlonaut's CAPTURE series traces how a documentation change, Luke's filter patch, and the OP_RETURN uncap PRs built toward Bitcoin Core's contested 2025 merge.
The OP_RETURN Limit Removal: Gaslighting or Technical Necessity?
Melvin Carvalho's research report weighs the stated technical case for removing Bitcoin's 80-byte OP_RETURN limit against process concerns, conflicts of interest, and BIP-110's response.
BIP-110#
Then move into the proposal itself: activation mechanics, game theory, legal exposure, and the objections to the soft fork.
BIP-110: The Temporary Softfork
A deep-dive game theory analysis and code audit examining what the mechanism design reveals and what the code actually does.
Bitcoin Has a Squatter Problem. BIP 110 Is the Eviction Notice.
Why a temporary soft fork is the most important thing happening in Bitcoin right now, and why the FUD about it is dead wrong.
BIP 110 Neutralizes Bitcoin's Biggest Legal Attack Vector
Arbitrary data on the blockchain creates untested legal exposure for every node operator on the network. BIP 110 is the protocol-level fix that shrinks it.
BIP-110 Objections: Asymmetry of Scale
Every objection raised against BIP-110, triaged against the data. Millions of spam transactions vs. hypothetical edge cases and rhetorical tactics.
Further analysis#
Additional modeling and follow-up work that extends the framework.
BIP-110 Code Walkthrough
A guided version of the Bitcoin Knots code review, organized by rule, source file, activation state, grandfathering, and expiry.
BIP-110: The Corrected Analysis
Issue #5's simulation had bugs. The real numbers are bigger and more interesting.