Morning Edition · Wednesday, July 15, 2026Published at 1:26 AM EDT · New York
Bitcoin Soft-Fork Proposal to Restrict "Junk Data" Draws Backlash Over Censorship Fears
BIP-110 would limit data-heavy transactions, but critics argue it undermines the permissionless principle that anyone paying fees can write to the ledger.
A proposed Bitcoin soft fork aimed at policing "junk data" on the network is meeting resistance that its backers did not fully anticipate. BIP-110, a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal as Bitcoin Magazine describes it, would change how the networ…
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