BIP 110 Bundles 7 Bitcoin Rules, Saylor Calls Them Dangerous

Michael Saylor urged developers to reject BIP 110, warning that its proposed restrictions could create a greater threat to Bitcoin (BTC) than unwanted blockchain data.

Key Points:

• BIP 110 would impose seven temporary consensus restrictions intended to reduce arbitrary data stored through Bitcoin transactions.
• Saylor says the package threatens protocol neutrality and uses a 55% miner-signaling threshold that is too low for a disputed change.
• He supports market fees and voluntary relay policies instead of consensus rules that judge transactions by their perceived purpose.

Bitcoin BIP 110

Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy, formerly MicroStrategy, published his objections on X, arguing that the Reduced Data Temporary Softfork would trade neutral protocol rules for a limited and largely symbolic reduction in blockchain data.

The proposal would temporarily cap some script sizes, restrict Taproot control blocks and prevent spending through undefined witness versions. Its supporters say those measures could reduce node costs and keep block space focused on payments.

Saylor agrees with the broader goal of protecting node operators, preserving affordable transactions and discouraging Bitcoin’s use as a general storage network. However, he argues that BIP 110 uses seven consensus rules to reject valid, fee-paying activity without measuring the costs those transactions impose.