Reading list

Articles on BIP-110

Curated outbound links with short blurbs. We do not republish full articles. Many pieces are advocacy-toned; treat them as one side of a contested debate. BIP status is Complete; activation is separate.

Catalog adapted from bip110.org/articles for navigation — follow each author’s original URL.

Context

CAPTURE: The Network

hodlonaut · Mar 27, 2026

Part one on people, institutions, and incentives argued to shape Core’s informal power structure before the OP_RETURN controversy.

CAPTURE: The Lever

hodlonaut · Apr 29, 2026

Part two on funding, review influence, and how inconvenient contributors can be sidelined without formal governance.

CAPTURE: The Merge

hodlonaut · Jun 15, 2026

Part three tracing documentation changes, filter patches, and OP_RETURN uncap PRs toward Core’s contested 2025 merge.

The OP_RETURN Limit Removal: Gaslighting or Technical Necessity?

Melvin Carvalho · Feb 2026

Weighs the stated technical case for removing the 80-byte OP_RETURN limit against process concerns and BIP-110’s response.

BIP-110

BIP-110: The Temporary Softfork

Melvin Carvalho · Feb 2026

Game-theory analysis and code-audit framing of what the mechanism design reveals versus what the code does.

Bitcoin Has a Squatter Problem. BIP 110 Is the Eviction Notice.

Kyle Santiago · Feb 17, 2026

Advocacy piece arguing why a temporary soft fork matters and addressing common FUD claims.

BIP 110 Neutralizes Bitcoin’s Biggest Legal Attack Vector

Kyle Santiago · Feb 24, 2026

Argues arbitrary on-chain data creates legal exposure for node operators and frames BIP-110 as a protocol-level shrink.

BIP-110 Objections: Asymmetry of Scale

Melvin Carvalho · Mar 7, 2026

Triages objections against claimed spam volume versus hypothetical edge cases.

Further analysis

BIP-110 Code Walkthrough

BIP110.org · Jul 2026

Guided Knots review by rule, activation, grandfathering, and expiry. See also our local map.

BIP-110: The Corrected Analysis

Renaud Cuny · Jan 29, 2026

Follow-up correcting earlier simulation bugs and revisiting the numbers.

Responses

On BlockSlop and late BIP-110 upgrades

BIP110.org · Jul 22, 2026 · Response to BlockSlop (Dathon Pwn)

Discusses RDTS checks vs reusing chainstate after mixing non-enforcing and enforcing software — a late-upgrade footgun class.

Why OP_PLENTY is not OP_RETURN

BIP110.org · Jul 22, 2026 · Response to OP_PLENTY

Contrasts explicit OP_RETURN payloads with encodings that reuse executable opcodes.

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