Bitcoin has reached block 961,632, opening the mandatory BIP 110 reporting window. Yet, miner support remains below 3%, far from the 55% threshold planned for activation. What happens next will now depend on the ability of node operators to impose their own rules.
In brief
- Mandatory reporting began around 7:35 p.m. UTC after Bitcoin arrived at block 961,632.
- Minor support rarely exceeded 2.5%, compared to a threshold of 55% for activation.
- Supporters of BIP 110 advocate a UASF, which gives node operators a central role.
BIP 110 enters the mandatory phase, not activation
Block 961,632 did not activate BIP 110. This temporary soft fork proposal aims to limit the recording of non-financial data in the Bitcoin blockchain. The block opened the period where miners must report their position, while the network split is already among the scenarios monitored by the Bitcoin community.
According to CoinDesk, in its article published on August 8, 2026the reporting began around 19:35 UTC. The support rate of miners has rarely exceeded 2.5%, while the project aims for a threshold of 55% to obtain activation.
This gap does not mean that the debate is closed. It means first of all that the scenario of rapid validation by miners seems very improbable, while the mechanism chosen by the promoters opens another path.
The term “mandatory” can be confusing. Miners must now display a signal in the provided window, but this passage does not yet transform the rule into consensus applied by the entire network.
The project relies on nodes to circumvent the refusal of miners
The BIP 110 relies on a User-Activated Soft Fork, or UASF. Operators who update their node can then refuse blocks produced by a miner who does not report the proposal.
In this scheme, the node does not just check that the block respects the usual rules. It adds a specific condition to BIP 110 and discards blocks that do not meet it, even if the dominant computing power continues to build another chain.
The project wants to temporarily limit the insertion of non-financial data in transactions. THE BIP 110 official website presents this restriction as a way to reduce the footprint of the blockchain and refocus the network’s priorities on its monetary use.
This logic explains the resistance of his opponents. The debate over bitcoin neutrality is not only about node registrations and operating costs, but about the possibility of reserving consensus for certain uses.
Supporters of the project, however, cite a precedent: the activation of SegWit in 2017 via BIP-148. CoinDesk recalls that this approach allowed users to support an evolution while miners had not reached the expected level of support.
Four weeks to measure the risk of a minority channel
The report therefore does not yet give a winner. If the nodes favorable to BIP 110 reject the chain mined by the majority, two Bitcoin networks can coexist for a time.
CoinDesk describes a two-speed scenario. On the one hand, the mainnet would retain most of the computing power and institutional capital. On the other hand, a minority chain would group together the nodes that apply BIP 110.
This chain could gain weight if new node operators join it. It could also stop for lack of miners and economic support, which would limit the scope of the soft fork.
The schedule, however, leaves a short window for both camps. The reporting period is scheduled to last until block 965,664, which CoinDesk expects in approximately four weeks. Until then, the reporting rate will remain the best indicator of the gap between the ambition of the project and the real support of the mining sector.
In sum, BIP 110 enters its most sensitive phase with less than 3% mining support, a 55% threshold that seems out of reach at this stage and a strategy that relies on nodes rather than pools.
The risk is therefore not limited to the failure of an activation: it also concerns the coexistence of different rules on Bitcoin. To place this episode in the broader debate, our decryption of the risks of BIP 110 remains the most useful reading: the actual behavior of nodes and miners will tell which chain will maintain consensus.
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