# Bitcoin Core Contributors Remove Luke Dashjr as Proposal Editor After His Data-Limit Fork Drew 2.53 Percent of Miners

The August 10 removal followed a mandatory signalling period in which the minority chain produced two blocks and stopped, and Dashjr says the contributors had no authority to remove him.

- Published: 2026-08-12T05:36:54.490Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-08-12/bitcoin-core-contributors-remove-luke-dashjr-as-proposal-edi
- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
- Section: crypto
- Sources: [Bitcoin Magazine](https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/luke-dashjr-removed-as-bitcoin-bip-editor), [CoinDesk](https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/08/11/luke-dashjr-removed-as-bitcoin-bip-editor-after-controversial-bip-110-fork-stalls), [Decrypt](https://decrypt.co/375310/luke-dashjr-removed-as-bip-editor-after-bip-110-bitcoin-fork-stalls)

Luke Dashjr, one of Bitcoin's longest-serving developers, has been removed as an editor of Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIPs), the documents that define changes to the protocol. The removal, executed on August 10, followed the collapse of…

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