Battle for Bitcoin's soul opens as first block supporting 'clean-up' proposal is mined

A Bitcoin block signaling the BIP-110 proposal has appeared onchain while critics push back by inscribing a large image in protest. What to know : The first block signaling support for BIP-110 was mined by Ocean, showing support for the proposal to limit non-financial data on the original blockchain. BIP-100 is a temporary soft-fork proposal to cap arbitrary transaction data on Bitcoin for a year. Critics countered with experiments such as embedding a 66KB image as a statement against data restrictions, underscoring ideological rifts.