Bitcoin Killed the BIP-110 Fork: Breakaway Coin by September 1?
Bitcoin killed the BIP-110 fork in two blocks. Now its backers want out entirely. They are targeting September 1 for a proof-of-work change that would abandon Bitcoin's miners and launch a separate coin.
The pivot turns a failed rule change into something much bigger. A movement that wanted to clean up Bitcoin now wants to leave it.
A Breakaway Coin by September 1?
BIP-110's supporters spent the weekend watching their chain freeze. By Sunday, the proposal's pseudonymous author, Dathon Ohm, had recast the defeat as an attack.
"Update: it appears that the large mining pools have colluded to turn Bitcoin from money into a toxic data dumping ground by executing a secret hardfork against the Bitcoin node network. The community is working on proposal for a proof-of-work change to fire the miners," wrote Ohm.
Luke Dashjr went further. The Bitcoin Knots maintainer and OCEAN pool co-founder sits at the center of the movement. Asked about timing, he suggested September 1, the day BIP-110 would have activated.
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