{"id":76558,"date":"2026-08-09T02:42:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T02:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/bitcoins-splintered-bip-110-fork-falls-behind-by-18-blocks\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T02:42:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T02:42:04","slug":"bitcoins-splintered-bip-110-fork-falls-behind-by-18-blocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/bitcoins-splintered-bip-110-fork-falls-behind-by-18-blocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin&#8217;s Splintered BIP-110 Fork Falls Behind by 18 Blocks"},"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\">Roughnecks mined BIP-110 blocks 961632 and 961633 as Bitcoin\u2019s dominant chain raced ahead.<\/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\">Bitcoin\u2019s 127.48 trillion difficulty leaves Roughnecks\u2019 minority chain facing painfully slow blocks.<\/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\">Simple Mining mined Bitcoin block 961634, showing Ocean-linked hashrate was divided.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After two years of bitter bickering, Bitcoin has <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/crypto-news\/bip-110-splits-bitcoin-as-rival-miners-clash-at-block-961632\/\">blown past the BIP-110 signaling line at block 961632<\/a>, and reality is now doing the talking as BTC blocks keep stacking. BIP-110 supporters appear stunned by the outcome, while the Bitcoin Knots creator Luke Dashjr has issued a notice to everyone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPSA: If you haven\u2019t upgraded to Bitcoin Knots 29.3.knots20260508 (or 29.4) yet, you are now vulnerable to double-spending attacks aided by [Foundry and Antpool],\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LukeDashjr\/status\/2086204737657975060?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dashjr wrote on the social media platform X<\/a>. In bold lettering, he also said, \u201cUpgrade ASAP to avoid accepting counterfeit bitcoins.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dathon Ohm, the anonymous architect behind BIP-110, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dathon_ohm\/status\/2086214117703008444?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">also took to X and further insisted<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe Bitcoin network is currently under attack from hostile miners.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Roughnecks Drills Again as Bitcoin\u2019s Main Chain Pulls Away<\/h2>\n<p>As Bitcoin.com News previously reported, BIP-110-supporting mining outfit Roughnecks went head-to-head with Antpool for block 961632. Antpool won the race on the dominant Bitcoin chain, while Roughnecks\u2019 competing 961632 block remained stranded on the BIP-110 version. Since then, Roughnecks has managed to <a href=\"https:\/\/mempool.kilombino.com\/block\/0000000000000000000139eda19858a84b2ed80cb6056ba8449f0792d13d0968\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">grind out another block on the minority chain at height 961633<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Throwing another curveball into an already chaotic block, Bitcoin\u2019s mining difficulty also adjusted at height 961632, climbing to 127.48 trillion just as the blockchain split into competing versions. That difficulty jump makes life especially brutal for the BIP-110 minority chain.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_838041\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-838041\" style=\"width:1348px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-838041\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image source: mempool.kilombino.com showing two consecutive BIP-110 blocks mined by Roughnecks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bitcoin\u2019s difficulty does not magically fall when most miners disappear, meaning Roughnecks and its allies are still trying to solve blocks against the <a href=\"https:\/\/explorer.cloverpool.com\/btc\/insights-difficulty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">same 127.48 trillion difficulty target<\/a> with only a sliver of the main chain\u2019s computing power. Unless considerably more hashrate joins the breakaway chain, blocks could crawl in at painfully slow intervals, leaving BIP-110 effectively stuck waiting for enough blocks to reach its next difficulty adjustment.<\/p>\n<h2>Ocean-Linked Hashrate Breaks Ranks on the Dominant Chain<\/h2>\n<p>Adding another wrinkle to the split, Simple Mining, an Iowa-based hosting heavyweight that points hashrate toward Ocean Mining, <a href=\"https:\/\/mempool.space\/block\/00000000000000000001574b03f88fbd75b4862846b688ce7c81e945b9f830ef\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mined Bitcoin block 961634<\/a> on the dominant chain. Simple Mining uses Ocean\u2019s DATUM system, which lets individual miners and hosters build their own block templates, including whether to set the BIP-110 version bit.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_838033\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-838033\" style=\"width:1364px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-838033 size-full\" title=\"Bitcoin's Splintered BIP-110 Fork Falls Behind by 15 Blocks\" src=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/screenshot-2026-08-08-at-7-23-58-pm.png\" alt=\"X screenshot \" width=\"1364\" height=\"902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/screenshot-2026-08-08-at-7-23-58-pm-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/screenshot-2026-08-08-at-7-23-58-pm-1024x677.png 1024w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/screenshot-2026-08-08-at-7-23-58-pm-768x508.png 768w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/screenshot-2026-08-08-at-7-23-58-pm.png 1364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1364px) 100vw, 1364px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-838033\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image source: X<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That makes the block especially notable. Ocean has been closely tied to the BIP-110 camp, with Dashjr serving as the pool\u2019s CTO and much of the proposal\u2019s early signaling coming through Ocean and DATUM miners. Yet Simple Mining\u2019s block landed squarely on Bitcoin\u2019s dominant chain, another sign that Ocean-linked hashrate is not moving in lockstep with the BIP-110 minority fork.<\/p>\n<h2>Roughnecks Continues \u2018Wildcatting\u2019 on the Breakaway Chain<\/h2>\n<p>Roughnecks\u2019 110th Mining Division <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Roughnecks110\/status\/2086209185503736301?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">celebrated successfully drilling out<\/a> two consecutive BIP-110 blocks, 961632 and 961633, likening the feat to \u201cwildcatting\u201d in the oil patch, where prospectors gamble big on unproven ground in hopes of striking pay dirt. Whether that proves to be the case remains to be seen. After Roughnecks posted, Dashjr reposted the post on X.<\/p>\n<h2>BIP-110 Supporters Insist Bitcoin Is Broken, Open to PoW Algo Change for Minority Chain<\/h2>\n<p>BIP-110 supporters have not taken the outcome well. \u201cRIP Bitcoin. You just became only another captured speculative asset. Sorry Satoshi, we failed you,\u201d one X user and BIP-110 proponent called BTCbello lamented. One of BIP-110\u2019s most vocal and recognizable proponents, Matthew Kratter, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mattkratter\/status\/2086217220338954465\/video\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">acknowledged that it would now take<\/a> an \u201cabsolute miracle\u201d for the BIP-110 chain to overtake the legacy chain.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_838059\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-838059\" style=\"width:1340px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-838059 size-full\" title=\"Bitcoin's Splintered BIP-110 Fork Falls Behind by 18 Blocks\" src=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/screenshot-2026-08-08-at-8-22-39-pm.png\" alt=\"X screenshot\" width=\"1340\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/screenshot-2026-08-08-at-8-22-39-pm-300x93.png 300w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/screenshot-2026-08-08-at-8-22-39-pm-1024x316.png 1024w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/screenshot-2026-08-08-at-8-22-39-pm-768x237.png 768w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/screenshot-2026-08-08-at-8-22-39-pm.png 1340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1340px) 100vw, 1340px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-838059\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dashjr also told people after saying that \u201cBIP110 is active on the Bitcoin network. Malicious pools and miners are attacking the network, scamming old nodes and light wallets. People using updated full nodes (ie, Knots 20260508) are unaffected.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Other BIP-110 supporters, meanwhile, still signaled an openness to changing the minority chain\u2019s mining algorithm. \u201cWe have nothing to lose by starting new with a POW. So much potential and freedom in being able to see what just clearly happened and make the corrections needed to keep this alive. This is Independence Day for sound and decentralized money,\u201d the X account <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/maitreyabtc\/status\/2086225684490285426?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maitreya Lockwood said in response<\/a> to Kratter\u2019s latest video on the subject.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/featured\/bitcoins-splintered-bip-110-fork-falls-behind-by-18-blocks\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways Roughnecks mined BIP-110 blocks 961632 and 961633 as Bitcoin\u2019s dominant chain raced ahead. Bitcoin\u2019s 127.48 trillion difficulty leaves Roughnecks\u2019 minority chain facing painfully slow blocks. Simple Mining mined Bitcoin block 961634, showing Ocean-linked hashrate was divided. After two years of bitter bickering, Bitcoin has blown past [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":76559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76558"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}