{"id":75310,"date":"2026-07-12T21:49:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T21:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/michael-saylor-slams-bitcoins-controversial-anti-spam-fork\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T21:49:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T21:49:44","slug":"michael-saylor-slams-bitcoins-controversial-anti-spam-fork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/michael-saylor-slams-bitcoins-controversial-anti-spam-fork\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Saylor Slams Bitcoin&#8217;s Controversial Anti-Spam Fork"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Saylor opposed the BIP-110 fork, warning that changing consensus to stop spam sets a dangerous precedent.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Adam Back criticized BIP-110, stating the anti-spam rules conflict with free, permissionless money.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Purists support the fork to block non-monetary data, while critics predict a minor long-term impact.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Michael Saylor Labels BIP-110 As \u2018Dangerous\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>As the activation of <span>Bitcoin<\/span> Improvement Proposal-110 (BIP-110), a so-called anti-spam fork for <span>Bitcoin<\/span>, looms, industry figures are increasingly taking critical positions about the effect that it might have on the wider <span>Bitcoin<\/span> ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Saylor, executive chairman and co-founder of Strategy, the largest corporate holder of <span>BTC<\/span>, has raised his worries about the upcoming fork, which proposes to <strong>\u201ctemporarily limit the size of data fields at the consensus level, in order to correct distorted incentives caused by standardizing support for arbitrary data,\u201d <\/strong>as advertised on its website.<\/p>\n<p>On social media, Saylor <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/saylor\/status\/2075981482154209664?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stressed<\/a> that there were <strong>\u201c110 things more dangerous to Bitcoin than spam,\u201d <\/strong>disregarding the main issue that BIP-110 supporters, including Ocean Mining\u2019s Luke Dashjr, aim to correct with this temporary implementation.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting the fragmentation this might cause in the <span>bitcoin<\/span> ecosystem, Saylor stresses that BIP-110 <strong>\u201cturns a spam dispute into a consensus change that would invalidate some currently valid, fee-paying transactions.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThat precedent is the danger. We should save our energy for threats that really matter,\u201d<\/strong> Saylor concluded, agreeing with an earlier post by Hashcash pioneer Adam Back, who qualified the objectives of this fork as <strong>\u201cnot grounded\u201d<\/strong> and in <strong>\u201chard conflict with free cypherpunk permissionless money.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cIt would be sad if bitcoin lost people disillusioned due to simple lack of understanding of what\u2019s going on,\u201d<\/strong> Back <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/adam3us\/status\/2075884851794735602?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">concluded<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While his position has drawn scrutiny from several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.binance.com\/en\/price\/bitcoin\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bitcoin<\/a> purists, who defend \u201c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.binance.com\/en\/price\/bitcoin\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bitcoin<\/a> as money\u201d ideals and reject any non-monetary use for the network, Saylor has been consistent in his stance against this move, adding to the heated debate on this controversial fork.<\/p>\n<p>On July 9, Saylor <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/michael-saylor-declares-bitcoin-has-no-spam-problem-as-bip-110-debate-escalates\/\">stated<\/a> that spam was not a problem for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.binance.com\/en\/price\/bitcoin\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bitcoin<\/a>\u2019s network today and reminded that transaction fees were low, facilitating the movement of funds globally. <strong>\u201cThe free market has always solved Bitcoin\u2019s blockspace challenges,\u201d<\/strong> he assessed at that time.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen whether BIP-110 will have a relevant effect on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.binance.com\/en\/price\/bitcoin\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bitcoin<\/a>\u2019s policies going forward, or it will finally become a \u201cnothingburger,\u201d as Casa CSO Jameson Lopp <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lopp\/status\/2075982217956753693?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">predicts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/110-things-more-dangerous-michael-saylor-slams-bitcoins-controversial-anti-spam-fork\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways Saylor opposed the BIP-110 fork, warning that changing consensus to stop spam sets a dangerous precedent. Adam Back criticized BIP-110, stating the anti-spam rules conflict with free, permissionless money. Purists support the fork to block non-monetary data, while critics predict a minor long-term impact. 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