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Is BIP-110 Bitcoin’s Defense Against Spam or the Start of a Chain Split?
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- May 12, 2026
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- 788
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This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/is-bip-110-bitcoins-defense-against-spam-or-the-start-of-a-chain-split . An opinion-driven analysis of BIP-110, Bitcoin spam mitigation, and the growing ideological conflict around arbitrary data on Bitcoin. Check more stories related to web3 at: https://hackernoon.com/c/web3 . You can also check exclusive content about #bitcoin , #bip-110 , #spam-prevention , #spam-filter , #bitcoin-ordinals , #bitcoin-knots , #bitcoin-core , #hackernoon-top-story , and more. This story was written by: @eduardoprospero . Learn more about this writer by checking @eduardoprospero's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com . This article examines the growing controversy surrounding BIP-110, a proposed Bitcoin soft fork aimed at mitigating arbitrary data and inscription-related spam on the Bitcoin blockchain. Framed from an anti-spam perspective, the piece argues that Ordinals, Runes, and recent Bitcoin Core changes threaten Bitcoin’s role as sound money, while also exploring broader tensions around governance, decentralization, node operation costs, and the future direction of the Bitcoin ecosystem.