Bitcoin’s BIP-110 fork remained stalled at block 961,633 while the main Bitcoin chain reached block 961,744, creating a gap of 111 blocks as of August 9, 2026.
Bitcoin’s BIP-110 fork remained stalled at block 961,633 while the main Bitcoin chain reached block 961,744, creating a gap of 111 blocks as of August 9, 2026. The BIP-110 proposal requires miners to signal support for a mandatory period between blocks 961,632 and 963,647. Only 51 of 2,016 blocks in the previous difficulty period signaled for the change, representing 2.53% support. Since the mandatory window began, the BIP-110 monitoring tool has recorded zero signaling blocks among the first 113 blocks mined on the dominant chain. The BIP-110 enforcing branch, which mined two blocks using OCEAN’s DATUM system at a difficulty of 127.48 trillion, has not produced a third block for about 17 hours, with its hash rate reported at roughly 257 petahashes per second. The main Bitcoin chain continued adding blocks at its normal rate. Miner Michael Saylor estimated that 99.85% of Bitcoin hashpower remained on the non‑enforcing chain, a figure based on his own calculation. The difficulty adjustment system means the minority fork must complete the current 2,016‑block period before a retarget can ease block‑finding difficulty, potentially extending the stall. Supporters such as Luke Dashjr argue that temporary consensus restrictions are needed to limit non‑monetary data storage, while critics warn that the split could create replay risks for pre‑fork coins and raise questions about the economic relevance of the minority chain. The next mandatory checkpoint occurs at block 963,647, after which the proposal must achieve lock‑in by block 963,648 and become active one difficulty period later. Whether additional hashpower will join the enforcing branch remains uncertain, and the outcome will be determined by miner participation and network consensus.
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- 8/10/2026, 10:00:13 AM
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- 8/10/2026, 10:00:13 AM
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