I do not think that BIP110 changes Bitcoin’s censorship resistance in any meaningful way, and I believe it is needed to close a form of misuse of Bitcoin that was not previously possible.
Because of the increasingly centralized block creation within mining, it is possible to route data around the node network entirely. You can have all nodes running strict policies, but if a single mining pool finds a large share of blocks and there is a direct way to send data to them, then those policies cannot effectively stop the data from entering the blockchain.
This is exactly why BIP110 tries to introduce limitations that make abuse harder.
In Bitcoin’s early days, this attack surface barely existed because nobody knew who would find the next block. Transactions had to propagate through the node network first, which meant node policy actually had strong influence.
Today, with large mining pools, private transaction submission, and centralized block template creation, that dynamic has changed significantly.
Once there is a reliable way to regularly store data on Bitcoin, projects begin forming around it and attract investors who increasingly fill Bitcoin with spam-like usage.
Core’s policy changes contributed to a situation where nearly every block become completely filled with this type of data usage. If an individual miner refuses to include it, they put themselves at a financial disadvantage compared to other mining pools that continue accepting the fees.
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"content": "I do not think that BIP110 changes Bitcoin’s censorship resistance in any meaningful way, and I believe it is needed to close a form of misuse of Bitcoin that was not previously possible.\n\nBecause of the increasingly centralized block creation within mining, it is possible to route data around the node network entirely. You can have all nodes running strict policies, but if a single mining pool finds a large share of blocks and there is a direct way to send data to them, then those policies cannot effectively stop the data from entering the blockchain.\n\nThis is exactly why BIP110 tries to introduce limitations that make abuse harder.\n\nIn Bitcoin’s early days, this attack surface barely existed because nobody knew who would find the next block. Transactions had to propagate through the node network first, which meant node policy actually had strong influence.\n\nToday, with large mining pools, private transaction submission, and centralized block template creation, that dynamic has changed significantly.\n\nOnce there is a reliable way to regularly store data on Bitcoin, projects begin forming around it and attract investors who increasingly fill Bitcoin with spam-like usage.\n\nCore’s policy changes contributed to a situation where nearly every block become completely filled with this type of data usage. If an individual miner refuses to include it, they put themselves at a financial disadvantage compared to other mining pools that continue accepting the fees.",
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