- Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor published a 3,700-word post with 110 reasons against Bitcoin Improvement Proposal-110 (BIP-110), which aims to limit non-monetary transactions like Ordinals inscriptions.
- BIP-110, introduced in December 2025, seeks to preserve Bitcoin as a peer-to-peer cash system but faces opposition from Saylor, Blockstream CEO Adam Back, and others who argue it violates Bitcoin’s permissionless ethos.
- The proposal has minimal support: only 1% of blocks in the latest voting period signaled approval, and Ordinals activity has plummeted to fewer than 10,000 daily inscriptions from a peak of 400,000 in August 2023.
Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor took to X.com on Sunday to outline his 110 reasons against Bitcoin Improvement Proposal-110, a proposed temporary fork that would limit non-monetary transactions like Ordinals inscriptions. The proposal, introduced in December 2025, aims to stop arbitrary data from spamming the network and preserve Bitcoin’s primary use as peer-to-peer cash.
Saylor argued for what he termed “neutral rules, hard consensus, open markets, and permissionless innovation.” He acknowledged that many Bitcoiners he respects support BIP-110, sharing their concerns about validation accessibility and affordable payments, but disagreed on the remedy. “This article critiques the proposal, not the people behind it,” Saylor said, adding that Bitcoin is strongest when allies disagree vigorously.
The dispute echoes the Blocksize Wars of 2015–2017, when the community debated whether to risk a chain split for scalability. BIP-110 was introduced by pseudonymous developer Dathon Ohm with support from Ocean protocol founder Luke Dashjr. Opponents include Blockstream CEO Adam Back, who described the proposal as a “quest to police other people.”
Dashjr and other BIP-110 supporters have called Ordinals-driven bloat a “serious threat” requiring an imminent fix. They argue the fork would not cause a chain split and imposes only a temporary one-year limit. However, support remains low: in the latest voting period, only 1% of blocks signaled approval.
The debate unfolds as Ordinals activity sits near all-time lows. Over the past month, fewer than 10,000 Ordinals were inscribed daily, down from over 400,000 during the August 2023 peak, according to Dune Analytics.
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