After two years of fierce debates, Bitcoin surpassed the BIP-110 signaling threshold at block 961632, and now reality speaks for itself as $BTC blocks continue to pile up. BIP-110 supporters appear stunned by the outcome, while Bitcoin Knots creator Luke Dashjr has issued a statement to everyone.
"Important warning: If you have not yet upgraded to Bitcoin Knots 29.3.knots20260508 (or 29.4), you are now vulnerable to double-spend attacks assisted by [Foundry and Antpool]," Dashjr wrote on social network X. In bold, he also added: "Upgrade as soon as possible to avoid accepting fake bitcoins."
Da Ton Om, an anonymous BIP-110 developer, also spoke out on X and further emphasized:
"The Bitcoin network is currently under attack by hostile miners."
Roughnecks Gains Momentum Again as Main Bitcoin Chain Pulls Ahead
As previously reported by Bitcoin.com News, the BIP-110-supporting mining company Roughnecks directly competed with Antpool for block 961632. Antpool won the race on the dominant Bitcoin chain, while the competing block 961632 from Roughnecks remained on the BIP-110 version. Since then, Roughnecks has managed to mine another block on the minority chain at height 961633.
Adding another twist to an already chaotic situation, Bitcoin's mining difficulty also adjusted at height 961632, rising to 127.48 trillion just as the blockchain split into competing versions. This difficulty jump makes life particularly hard for the BIP-110 minority chain.

Bitcoin's mining difficulty does not magically decrease when the majority of miners leave, meaning Roughnecks and its allies are still trying to solve blocks at the same target difficulty of 127.48 trillion, but with only a tiny fraction of the main chain's hashpower. Unless significantly more hashpower joins the split-off chain, blocks will appear at agonizingly slow intervals, effectively leaving BIP-110 stuck waiting for enough blocks for the next difficulty adjustment.
Hashpower Linked to Ocean Mining Breaks Ranks on Dominant Chain
Another surprise regarding the split: Simple Mining, a major hosting provider from Iowa directing hashpower to Ocean Mining, mined block No. 961634 on the dominant chain. Simple Mining uses Ocean's DATUM system, which allows individual miners and hosters to create their own block templates, including choosing whether to set the BIP-110 version bit.

This makes the block particularly noteworthy. Ocean is closely associated with the BIP-110 camp: Dashjr holds the CTO position of the pool, and a large portion of the early signals supporting the proposal came from Ocean and DATUM miners. Yet, Simple Mining's block landed squarely on the dominant Bitcoin chain — another sign that hashpower linked to Ocean is not marching in step with the BIP-110 minority fork.
Roughnecks Continues 'Wildcat Mining' on Split-Off Chain
Roughnecks Mining Division 110 celebrated successfully mining two consecutive BIP-110 blocks — 961632 and 961633 — comparing this achievement to "wildcat oil drilling" on oilfields, where speculators make large bets on untested plots in hopes of striking oil. Whether this holds true remains to be seen. After Roughnecks published, a Dashjr user reposted this post on X.
BIP-110 Supporters Insist Bitcoin Is Broken and Are Prepared to Change PoW Algorithm for Minority Chain
BIP-110 supporters have not taken this outcome well. "RIP, Bitcoin. You've just become another captured speculative asset. Sorry, Satoshi, we failed you," lamented one X user and BIP-110 supporter under the handle BTCbello. One of the most active and recognizable BIP-110 proponents, Matthew Kratter, acknowledged that it would now take "a real miracle" for the BIP-110 chain to overtake the main chain.

Meanwhile, other BIP-110 supporters still signaled willingness to change the minority chain's mining algorithm. "We have nothing to lose by starting from scratch with a POW algorithm. There's huge potential and freedom in this — the chance to clearly see what just happened and make the necessary adjustments to preserve the system. This is Independence Day for sound, decentralized money," wrote user Maitreya Lockwood in an X account in response to Kratter's latest video on the topic.







