Bitcoin developer urges August transaction pause
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- Bitcoin Core contributor Jon Atack advised users to avoid Bitcoin transactions during the second week of August as BIP-110 approaches activation.
- The recommendation reflects precautionary concerns about possible blockchain reorganisations if different node implementations disagree during activation.
- Atack said he will monitor both Bitcoin Core and Knots 110 while keeping his own Bitcoin holdings inactive during the transition.
Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) Core contributor and Bitcoin Improvement Proposal maintainer Jon Atack advised users to avoid sending Bitcoin transactions during the second week of August as the network approaches the expected activation window for BIP-110.
Atack said the recommendation is a precaution because BIP-110 could lead to temporary blockchain reorganisations if different node implementations follow different validation rules during the activation process.
“Avoid transacting during the second week of August until the dust settles and reorg risk subsides,” said Bitcoin Core contributor Jon Atack.
BIP-110 proposes a one-year soft fork that would temporarily restrict arbitrary non-monetary data in Bitcoin transactions, including large OP_RETURN outputs used by protocols such as Ordinals and Runes, and would activate using a 55% miner signalling threshold instead of Bitcoin's traditional 95% requirement.
Atack said he plans to run both Bitcoin Core and Knots 110 to compare their behaviour while keeping his Bitcoin holdings separate and inactive during the transition period, while Bitcoin does not have a publicly traded share price because it is a cryptocurrency.
Current monitoring indicates limited miner support for BIP-110, raising the possibility that compatible and non-compatible nodes could temporarily produce competing chains if sufficient consensus is not reached before the expected activation window around block 961,632.
Atack also urged the Bitcoin community to avoid treating the debate as a binary choice, encouraging participants to evaluate the proposal independently while acknowledging uncertainty surrounding the network upgrade.
At the time of reporting, Bitcoin price was $60,156.46.
