BIP-110:
Protecting Bitcoin's Purpose
Temporarily limit the size of data fields at the consensus level, in order to correct distorted incentives caused by standardizing support for arbitrary data, and to refocus priorities on improving Bitcoin as money.
Key Points
A temporary, focused intervention to protect Bitcoin's core mission
Temporary Protection
A one-year deployment that can be refined or extended based on community feedback.
Limits Data Storage
Restricts arbitrary data embedding that burdens node operators and diverts resources.
Preserves Monetary Use
All known monetary use cases remain fully functional and unaffected.
Refocuses Bitcoin
Signals that Bitcoin's priority is being the world's best money, not data storage.
Run BIP-110
Support BIP-110 by running a node that signals for activation
bip110.org
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