Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy, the largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, has publicly opposed BIP-110, a proposed one-year Bitcoin soft fork that would restrict arbitrary-data and script uses. Saylor argues the temporary fork carries greater risk than the problem it addresses.
“The proposed cure is more dangerous than the condition,” Saylor said, according to CryptoSlate reporting. Saylor favors neutral base-layer rules, hard consensus, open markets, and permissionless innovation.
BIP-110 would temporarily restrict certain arbitrary-data and script uses at the consensus level. Supporters argue the limits would reduce data-storage abuse and protect node resources. Critics, including Saylor, warn that the mandatory-signaling path and rejection of currently valid transactions could set a dangerous consensus precedent and increase chain-split risk.
Current Signaling Remains Low
As of July 20, 2026, BIP-110 signaling stood at 0.89% among tracked blocks. Monitor data recorded 11 signaling blocks among 1,236 tracked at 06:07 UTC that day. The proposal requires 1,109 signaling blocks (about 55% of a 2,016-block period) for early lock-in. Current signaling is mathematically unable to reach that threshold in the present difficulty period, with 780 blocks remaining and 1,098 additional signals needed.
The next 2,016-block period represents the final full chance to lock in BIP-110 through ordinary threshold. If signaling fails to reach 55%, enforcing nodes will require bit 4 signaling and reject blocks that omit it, triggering a mandatory-signaling window estimated to begin around August 8, 2026. That window is estimated to end around August 22, with forced lock-in and latest-path activation estimated for around September 5, 2026, near block height 965,664.
Debate Over Consensus Risk
Saylor previously warned about the precedent of invalidating currently valid, fee-paying transactions. He notes that non-signaling does not amount to rejection and that a durable chain split is not inevitable because miners could coordinate, enforcement could remain limited, or economic actors could converge on one history.
BIP-110 would impose its temporary rules for 52,416 blocks, approximately one year. Jameson Lopp alleged that a sudden wave of BIP-110 signaling nodes may be inflating visible support for the proposal, according to related analysis cited by CryptoSlate.
Since May 1, 2026, BIP-110 miner signaling has remained at 0.42%, per BGeometrics data. The gap between that baseline and the current 0.89% rate reflects recent movement, though signaling remains far below the threshold required for early activation.
