{"id":553106,"date":"2026-08-07T20:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T19:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=553106"},"modified":"2026-08-07T18:21:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T17:21:43","slug":"bitcoin-has-185-blocks-left-before-bip-110-rules-begin-rejecting-blocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/bitcoin-has-185-blocks-left-before-bip-110-rules-begin-rejecting-blocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin has 185 blocks left before BIP-110 rules begin rejecting blocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin nears the deadline for BIP-110, a proposed temporary soft fork that would shrink block data. Once the current signaling period ends, nodes enforcing it will reject blocks that do not signal support.<\/p>\n<p>A third-party monitor showed only 48 of 1,831 blocks signaling as of 14:41:49 UTC on Aug. 7, just 2.62%, with 185 blocks left before the period closes.<\/p>\n<p>BIP-110 requires <a href=\"https:\/\/bip110monitor.com\/api\">1,109 signaling blocks<\/a> in a 2,016-block period to meet its 55% threshold. Even if every one of those 185 remaining blocks signaled, the period would finish at 233 of 2,016, or about 11.56%.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/bitcoins-bip-110-fork-fight-gives-exchanges-an-august-deadline-before-miners-signal-support\/\" class=\"cs-article-embed__link\">\n                    <div class=\"cs-article-embed__media\">\n                <img src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/bitcoin-upgrade-vs-legacy-fork-decision-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Bitcoin\u2019s BIP-110 fork fight gives exchanges an August deadline before miners signal support\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"cs-article-embed__body\">\n            <span class=\"cs-article-embed__related-reading\">Related Reading<\/span>\n            <h3 class=\"cs-article-embed__title\">Bitcoin\u2019s BIP-110 fork fight gives exchanges an August deadline before miners signal support<\/h3>\n                            <div class=\"cs-article-embed__summary\">BGeometrics data show BIP-110 miner signaling at 0.42% since May 1, while Farside&#039;s alerts make the August lock-in window harder for exchanges, wallets, pools, and node operators to ignore.<\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"cs-article-embed__meta\">\n                                            <span class=\"cs-article-embed__meta-item\">Jul 4, 2026<\/span>\n                                                                <span class=\"cs-article-embed__meta-divider\">&middot;<\/span>\n                                                                <span class=\"cs-article-embed__meta-item\">Liam &#039;Akiba&#039; Wright<\/span>\n                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Different rules at height 961,632<\/h2>\n<p>From height 961,632, continuously <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/bitcoin\/bips\/blob\/master\/bip-0110.mediawiki\">enforcing BIP-110 nodes<\/a> reject blocks that do not signal bit 4. Nodes following <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/bitcoin\/\">existing Bitcoin rules<\/a> may accept the same blocks if they otherwise satisfy those rules.<\/p>\n<p>The result can be divergent block acceptance, while any sustained enforcing branch depends on miners producing BIP-110-valid work after the boundary.<\/p>\n<p>Under the proposal, mandatory signaling runs through block 963,647, lock-in won't happen once the height reaches 963,648, and the reduced-data rules activate at 965,664. That schedule governs BIP-110-enforcing nodes without binding every Bitcoin participant.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/bitcoin-is-less-than-10000-blocks-away-from-its-most-contentious-fork-fight-in-years\/\" class=\"cs-article-embed__link\">\n                    <div class=\"cs-article-embed__media\">\n                <img src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/bitcoin-contentious-fork-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Bitcoin is less than 10,000 blocks away from its most contentious fork fight in years\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"cs-article-embed__body\">\n            <span class=\"cs-article-embed__related-reading\">Related Reading<\/span>\n            <h3 class=\"cs-article-embed__title\">Bitcoin is less than 10,000 blocks away from its most contentious fork fight in years<\/h3>\n                            <div class=\"cs-article-embed__summary\">BIP-110 supporters want to keep the blockchain focused on money, while critics say filtering valid transactions could weaken Bitcoin\u2019s neutrality.<\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"cs-article-embed__meta\">\n                                            <span class=\"cs-article-embed__meta-item\">Jun 11, 2026<\/span>\n                                                                <span class=\"cs-article-embed__meta-divider\">&middot;<\/span>\n                                                                <span class=\"cs-article-embed__meta-item\">Oluwapelumi Adejumo<\/span>\n                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The 2.62% reading measures version bits in observed blocks, and <a href=\"https:\/\/bip110monitor.com\/\">the monitor says<\/a> it sources block data from mempool.space and checks each block's version field for bit 4.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_553135\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-553135\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/exec-ba41ce83-6ade-4891-bcb6-7417398486fd-2.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-553135\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/exec-ba41ce83-6ade-4891-bcb6-7417398486fd-2.png\" alt=\"BIP-110 infographic showing 2.62% signaling at block 961,446, mandatory signaling at 961,632, lock-in at 963,648, and activation at 965,664.\" width=\"720\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/exec-ba41ce83-6ade-4891-bcb6-7417398486fd-2.png 1024w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/exec-ba41ce83-6ade-4891-bcb6-7417398486fd-2-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/exec-ba41ce83-6ade-4891-bcb6-7417398486fd-2-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/exec-ba41ce83-6ade-4891-bcb6-7417398486fd-2-768x1152.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-553135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BIP-110 signaling stands at 2.62%, with mandatory signaling set to begin at block 961,632 and possible rule divergence afterward.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/bitcoin\/bitcoin\/pull\/34930\">BIP-110 implementation pull request<\/a> in the Bitcoin Core repository closed unmerged on March 26. Core contributor Antoine Poinsot <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoin.stackexchange.com\/questions\/130770\/how-to-set-up-bitcoin-core-to-mine-a-valid-block-after-the-bip-110-activation-in\">wrote in a personal capacity<\/a> on June 4 that Core does not enforce the proposal.<\/p>\n<p>Mining pool <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/ocean-mining\/\">OCEAN<\/a> announced separate signaling and non-signaling endpoints and said its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/ocean-mining_today-ocean-is-launching-two-additional-activity-7480591626386702336-7gHT\">default would switch on July 15<\/a>. Confirming that the switch actually took place and that every miner using the pool now enforces BIP-110 would require independent verification.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"cs-article-embed\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/power-struggle-hits-bitcoin-network-over-anti-spam-proposal-with-claims-of-faked-node-support\/\" class=\"cs-article-embed__link\">\n                    <div class=\"cs-article-embed__media\">\n                <img src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bitcoin-node-technician-1024x574.jpg\" alt=\"Bitcoin\u2019s sudden node surge may be one actor posing as thousands\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n            <\/div>\n                <div class=\"cs-article-embed__body\">\n            <span class=\"cs-article-embed__related-reading\">Related Reading<\/span>\n            <h3 class=\"cs-article-embed__title\">Bitcoin\u2019s sudden node surge may be one actor posing as thousands<\/h3>\n                            <div class=\"cs-article-embed__summary\">Jameson Lopp says a sudden wave of BIP-110 signaling nodes may be inflating visible support for a controversial anti-spam proposal.<\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"cs-article-embed__meta\">\n                                            <span class=\"cs-article-embed__meta-item\">Mar 24, 2026<\/span>\n                                                                <span class=\"cs-article-embed__meta-divider\">&middot;<\/span>\n                                                                <span class=\"cs-article-embed__meta-item\">Gino Matos<\/span>\n                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Alternative Bitcoin node implementation Bitcoin Knots <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/bitcoinknots\/bitcoin\/releases\/tag\/v29.4.knots20260508\">used its Aug. 7 release<\/a> to warn that older non-enforcing software, explicitly including current Bitcoin Core, could stop fully validating BIP-110 rules and leave chainstate unsafe in some scenarios.<\/p>\n<p>Independently reproducing the Core-specific warning on Bitcoin Core or on mainnet remains outstanding.<\/p>\n<p>A July 17 <a href=\"https:\/\/blockslop.dev\/\">BlockSlop technical write-up<\/a> reproduced a narrower late-upgrade problem on regtest using enforcing and non-enforcing Knots builds. A data directory could retain a block accepted under the old rules after the operator switched builds because normal startup did not reconnect the inherited history. The test left out physical database corruption or a mainnet incident.<\/p>\n<p>Knots then <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/bitcoinknots\/bitcoin\/pull\/350\">merged a safeguard<\/a> that scans inherited headers for mandatory-signaling violations, invalidates offending blocks, and reorganizes. Transaction or script violations that are not visible in headers still need reconnection validation and can require reindexing.<\/p>\n<p>The first blocks after height 961,631 will reveal which miners change signaling and whether an enforcing chain accumulates work. Measuring economic support would take separate evidence, such as exchange listings, node adoption data, or holder behavior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At height 961,632, enforcing nodes reject non-signaling blocks, but Bitcoin does not automatically adopt the proposal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1264,"featured_media":553152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77968,79325,2376,37],"tags":[82381,81073,76769,78295],"prediction_market_topic":[],"post_folder":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.9 (Yoast SEO v21.9.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bitcoin has 185 blocks left before BIP-110 rules begin rejecting blocks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bitcoin&#039;s BIP-110 enforcement starts at height 961,632, with adoption still waiting on hashpower and 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