Bitcoin’s BIP-110 Fight Could Have Been Avoided, Samson Mow Argues
TL;DR
- Samson Mow says the BIP-110 dispute grew from avoidable tensions inside Bitcoin Core and criticism over OP_RETURN policy.
- He argues that leaving OP_RETURN unchanged temporarily could have reduced pressure and prevented the conflict from becoming a consensus dispute.
- BIP-110 sought to restrict arbitrary data on Bitcoin, but the proposed fork attracted minimal miner support and failed to gain broad adoption.
Bitcoin entrepreneur Samson Mow argues that the controversy surrounding BIP-110 could have been avoided if Bitcoin Core developers had handled the OP_RETURN dispute differently. His comments place the current conflict within a broader debate over Bitcoin’s development process, network neutrality and how much authority developers should have over transaction policy.
Mow made the remarks during exchanges on X involving Bitcoin Core developer Antoine Poinsot, analyst Michael Sullivan and Blockstream co-founder Adam Back. He argued that the growing opposition to BIP-110 was not simply the result of ideological disagreements, but also a reaction to decisions and confrontational behavior surrounding Bitcoin Core.
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