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Aug 11, 2026

Luke Dashjr removed as Bitcoin BIP editor following BIP-110 fork failure

Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr was removed as an editor of Bitcoin Improvement Proposals days after the BIP-110 soft fork he helped write split off the main chain and stalled after mining only two blocks.

Aug 11, 2026·3 sources

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▪Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr was removed as an editor of Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIPs) following a pull request opened on Sunday, August 9, 2026
▪Luke Dashjr announced he is taking a sabbatical from his role at the Ocean mining pool to focus on Bitcoin and open-source projects
▪The minority chain split resulting from BIP-110 stalled and froze after mining only two blocks over approximately eight hours due to a lack of hashpower support

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