Bitcoin Faces Fork Risk: BIP-444’s Legal Warnings Ignite Community Backlash

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The Bitcoin (BTC) developer community is facing some disquiet after the publication of Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 444 (BIP-444), a “reduced data” soft fork that aims to restrict certain types of data storage on-chain.
The proposal, introduced by contributor dathonohm and linked to long-time developer Luke Dashjr, has triggered debate due to language suggesting legal consequences for rejecting the fork.
Bitcoin Faces Fork Risk: BIP-444’s Legal Warnings Ignite Community Backlash

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The Bitcoin (BTC) developer community is facing some disquiet after the publication of Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 444 (BIP-444), a “reduced data” soft fork that aims to restrict certain types of data storage on-chain.
The proposal, introduced by contributor dathonohm and linked to long-time developer Luke Dashjr, has triggered debate due to language suggesting legal consequences for rejecting the fork.







