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Remove BIP 110 following unsuccessful activation attempt - #2247

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@callebtc callebtc commented Aug 9, 2026

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Summary

Remove BIP 110, its test vectors, and its entry from the BIP index following the unsuccessful attempt to activate it on Bitcoin.

Rationale

BIP 110 required mandatory version-bit signaling beginning at block height 961632. Blocks 961632 through 963647 that did not signal bit 4 were invalid under the proposal.

At height 961632, Bitcoin's accumulated-work chain accepted block:

  • Hash: 00000000000000000000d1e01392faa65ceeaed307f0a3159144b84146ff24ba
  • Header timestamp: 2026-08-08 19:35:55 UTC
  • Version: 0x20006000
  • BIP 110 bit 4: not set

BIP-110-enforcing nodes rejected that block and followed an alternative signaling block mined by OCEAN:

  • Hash: 0000000000000000000169eb6f811ddbd0daf343af7b62180cdb13e7c78dbc16
  • Header timestamp: 2026-08-08 20:12:12 UTC
  • Version: 0x27d60010
  • BIP 110 bit 4: set

Scope

This removes:

  • bip-0110.mediawiki
  • bip-0110/test-vectors.json
  • bip-0110/test-vectors.py
  • The BIP 110 entry from README.mediawiki

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@jlopp

jlopp commented Aug 9, 2026

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NACK

I think it's important for failed BIPs to be preserved for educational purposes.

Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

@jonatack

jonatack commented Aug 9, 2026

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@callebtc please see the PR description of #2245 and the process described in BIP 3.

BIPs do not get deleted, they are retained even after being updated to Closed.

@jonatack jonatack closed this Aug 9, 2026
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