Adam Back Against BIP-110: Bitcoin Spam Debate

Blockstream CEO Adam Back opposed the Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP-110), stating that temporarily reducing the data amount in transactions to reduce spam similar to Ordinals would harm the network’s reliability more. BIP-110, proposed in December by pseudonymous developer Dathon Ohm, aims to limit image, video, and other data abuses. According to data, approximately 7.5% of Bitcoin nodes using the Bitcoin Knots client appear to support the proposal.

Source: Adam Back

What is BIP-110 and Why is it Being Discussed?

Back emphasized in his X post that this would be an attack without consensus and that spam is only annoying; he also added that some UTXOs might become unusable. Ohm argued that precautions were taken not to affect known use cases.

Bitcoin Node Share Changes

• With Bitcoin Core removing the 80-byte limit in the OP_RETURN function, Core’s node share dropped from 98% to 77.2%.
• Bitcoin Knots’ share rose to 22.7%.
• The Ordinals and Runes ecosystems provided more than 500 million dollars in transaction fees; by the end of 2025, daily Ordinals fees fell below 10 thousand dollars.

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Frequently Asked Questions About BIP-110 and Bitcoin Ordinals

How does BIP-110 prevent Bitcoin spam?
By reducing the transaction data limit, it limits data-intensive transactions like Ordinals.

Why is Adam Back opposed?
He says it would harm network reliability and requires consensus.

What is the status of Ordinals fees?
By the end of 2025, daily fees fell below 10 thousand USD, but total revenue exceeded 500M+ USD.

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