Bitcoin Leaders Oppose 'BIP-110' Soft Fork for Spam Prevention... Miner Support at 0% Range

As the mandatory signaling deadline scheduled for August 7, 2026, approaches, the controversial BIP-110 proposal—designed to purge so-called 'spam' data from the Bitcoin blockchain—appears set for a decisive defeat. Despite its goal of protecting Bitcoin's monetary integrity, the proposal has met fierce resistance from some of the industry's most influential figures, including Michael Saylor and Adam Back. As of July 13, 2026, on-chain data shows miner support stagnating near 0%.

BIP-110, named the 'Reduced Data Temporary Softfork (RDTS)', primarily aims to restrict arbitrary non-financial data within transactions for approximately one year. The proposal intends to return Bitcoin to its original path as 'world money' by rejecting data storage use cases at the consensus level. Specifically, it seeks to maximize block space efficiency by treating data insertion activities like Ordinals as violations of consensus rules.

BIP-110 is essentially an attempt to police the behavior of others, which goes against the open nature of Bitcoin.

MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor also maintains a critical stance on this movement. He warned that escalating a simple 'spam dispute' into a battle over network consensus could pose a greater systemic risk to the Bitcoin ecosystem than the data itself. The opposition from these leaders suggests a deep divide over Bitcoin's governance and ideological direction, extending beyond technical debate.

The Reality of Miner Signaling and Reaching Consensus

Currently, activation of BIP-110 requires support from 1,109 out of 2,016 blocks (55%), but the actual support rate is at a dismal level. According to on-chain data since May 2026, the support rate from miners has been hovering between 0.31% and 0.42%. As major mining pools remain silent without clarifying their positions, it is nearly impossible to achieve the required figures by the August deadline under the current trend.

• ['August 7, 2026: The forced signaling phase officially begins at block 961,632.', 'Forced signaling deadline: Support signals must be sent until block 963,648 is reached.', 'September 1, 2026: If activation conditions are met, the soft fork is scheduled to take effect at block 965,664.']

With Bitcoin currently trading near $64,000, the financial situation of MicroStrategy, a large-scale holder, is also influencing the governance debate. MicroStrategy purchased Bitcoin at an average of $75,476 and is currently recording an unrealized loss of approximately $9.7 billion. The risk of network fragmentation occurring in such market conditions is acting as an additional factor of anxiety for institutional investors.

Standard Chartered pointed out that MicroStrategy, the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, being embroiled in governance disputes could blur Bitcoin's core message. Analysis suggests that this 'muddying of the message' could be a factor that lowers investor confidence and expands short-term market volatility. Ultimately, if technical improvements do not gain the market's trust, it could also become a hurdle for price recovery.

Decline in Ordinals Activity and Questions of Effectiveness

Ironically, the debate over BIP-110 occurred at a point when Ordinals activity had already significantly decreased over the past two years. This naturally raises questions about whether it is necessary to push through a soft fork that carries the risk of network fragmentation to solve a 'spam' problem that is already naturally diminishing. There is strong resistance to imposing forced restrictions even though data usage is being regulated by market logic.

As a result, BIP-110 confirmed fundamental ideological differences regarding the utilization of Bitcoin block space, but it also served as an opportunity to confirm the network's strong self-purification mechanism. The controversial soft fork, which failed to gain support from miners and major leaders, proves once again how robust Bitcoin's consensus structure is. This suggests that it is very difficult to change network rules according to the intentions of specific forces.

After the September activation window closes, the Bitcoin community's discussion is expected to return to practical scalability improvement measures such as Layer 2 solutions. The conflict surrounding non-financial data restrictions is expected to be recorded as growing pains in the process of Bitcoin evolving into a platform beyond a simple means of payment. Bitcoin governance is expected to take a more cautious and conservative approach in the future.