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Bitcoin s Civil War: Is BIP-110 Saving the Network or Burning It Down?

Bitcoin s Civil War: Is BIP-110 Saving the Network or Burning It Down?

Rhodes February 20, 2026

A fistfight is brewing in the digital town square. On one side, you have developers and purists who claim the network is being choked to death by digital garbage—JPEGs, audio files, and memes clogging up the world s most pristine monetary ledger. On the other, you have cypherpunk veterans accusing the clean-up crew of staging a -lynch mob- that could burn the whole house down. At the center of this storm is BIP-110, and depending on who you ask, it is either a necessary emergency brake or a reckless act of sabotage that threatens Bitcoin s credibility as a store of value.