Ripple CTO Emeritus: BIP-110 Vote Loss Doesn’t Justify New Chain
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On August 31 David Schwartz, Ripple's CTO emeritus, argued that supporters of Bitcoin's BIP-110 fork crossed from governance into an attack after rejecting a soft-fork result and continuing on a separate proof-of-work chain. His exchange with supporter loogart frames a governance dispute over whether creating a new chain after losing consensus is legitimate or a hostile chain-splitting attack, highlighting security and adoption risks for Bitcoin and the broader crypto and DeFi ecosystem.
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David Schwartz, the Ripple CTO emeritus, argued on August 31 that supporters of Bitcoin’s BIP-110 fork crossed from governance into an attack after rejecting the soft-fork result and continuing on a separate proof-of-work chain.
His exchange with fork supporter loogart captures the dispute: whether losing a consensus fight justifies creating a new Bitcoin chain, or whether that move itself amounts to attacking the network.
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