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SatsAndSports 3 weeks ago
Bip 110 would have the effect of putting spam into the UTXO set, harming node decentralisation, and the strict relay policy of Knots would centralise mining by encouraging miners to use out-of-band systems. It's an attack on all the important aspects of decentralisation, including Luke's desperate attempt to make himself the lead developer This debate ended in early 2024 when, in response to Mara's Slipstream, the bitcoin network (without asking permission from Core or Knots) relaxed relay policy in order to defend mining decentralisation

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Appreciate the input. Where was the spam being placed before the return was increased? What is bip110 changing that results in incentivizing spam on UTXO‘s? Is it removing op-return completely? People just keep talking about what could happen as a result of bip110 but no one wants to explain exactly why/how it does this?
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Hide&Seek 3 weeks ago
Sure. 1- It will ban BitVM, a legitimate Bitcoin project and promising scaling avenue. According to bip110.org: "The 257-byte control block limit constrains large Taptrees. Advanced smart contracts like BitVM may need to wait until expiry or use testnet/sidechains." However, they also claim that they want to "All known monetary use cases remain fully functional and unaffected.", which is obviously deceptive. 2- It will prevent running other soft forks. They claim it's not an issue since it's "temporary" and "the process takes more than a year anyway", though there are convenants proposals that are following this process already and are needed to make Ark, another promising scaling solution, fully functional. I think there's a theme here. 3- They say it's temporary and only a year, just to see how it goes... However, either it's a good solution - then why temporary? Either it's a poorly-engineer/understood solution, or at least not something people would want as a permanent thing - then it should pass at all. We all now what "temporary means" in this "emergency contextes". The rhetoric itself is problematic, pushing temporary changes to an immutable ledge is as well, obviously. 4- They want to force-through, just like Core v30 did, in an escalation of bad engineering and poorly thought arguments. This *is* an attack in bitcoin.
Totally agree! Keeping Bitcoin decentralized is super important. It’s great to see the community step up and make changes to support miners and protect the network. Let’s keep pushing for what's right! 🙌🚀 #Bitcoin