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Announcement regarding the future of r/BitcoinKnots

As the founder of this community, I wanted to share a personal update and clarify my stance on the recent developments surrounding BIP-110 and the direction of the project.

Historically, my support for Bitcoin Knots was based on its approach to enforcing stricter node policies, not fundamentally altering consensus rules. That policy-focused approach was the core vision of Knots prior to BIP-110. Now that BIP-110 has failed to gain traction, Luke Dashjr appears to be moving toward a distinct forkcoin, a path I personally do not agree with or support.

Because of this shift in direction, I will be stepping back from my active role here. I will no longer be routinely posting or moderating the subreddit, though I may check in from time to time.

This community remains open for everyone. You are all completely free to continue discussing BIP-110, potential forks, or any other related topics here as you see fit. However, given the latest course of action, I can no longer actively guide or manage the group.

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the discussions here over the years.

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u/blockdyor_andrea — 10 days ago
▲ 10 r/BitcoinKnots

Luke Dashjr on X: "I am taking a sabbatical from OCEAN as Chairman and CTO and will turn my immediate focus to working on Bitcoin and open-source projects to support Bitcoin. I believe this is the best use of my time and is in the best interests of Bitcoin and Bitcoin’s long-term health." / X</ti

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u/blockdyor_andrea — 10 days ago
▲ 7 r/BitcoinKnots

Block 961,634 Mined via OCEAN's DATUM; BIP-110 Chain Fails Behind Work Lead—Knots Needs to Return to Filter Policies

Simple Mining (@simpleminingio) has mined block 961,634 using OCEAN’s DATUM protocol.

This block extended the Bitcoin main chain without signaling support for BIP-110 consensus rules. With the non-signaling main chain now more than 7 blocks ahead in total proof-of-work, the BIP-110 attempt is effectively a failed chain.

While members of the OCEAN team personally favor BIP-110, their DATUM protocol granted full agency back to individual miners, enabling their customers to construct templates and choose their own signaling rules. Giving miners choice rather than enforcing pool-wide mandates is a massive step forward for pool decentralization and deserves serious recognition.

Given that BIP-110 lacks the hash rate consensus to survive, future releases of Bitcoin Knots must move past this proposal. Development should focus on delivering updated versions without BIP-110 consensus changes, retaining Knots' core strength—robust, user-configurable mempool and policy filters—rather than introducing contentious consensus rule shifts.

u/blockdyor_andrea — 12 days ago
▲ 6 r/BitcoinKnots

Why Does Romania Have So Much BIP-110 Support?

Why Is Romania Leading BIP-110? Real Adoption or Sybils?

This chart shows a surprisingly high share of BIP-110 nodes in Romania. That doesn't immediately pass the smell test.

Could this be the result of Sybil nodes deployed in countries where VPS hosting is cheap, rather than reflecting genuine operator preferences?

Has anyone looked into whether these nodes are concentrated on a few providers or networks, or is there another explanation for Romania standing out so much?

I'm curious if anyone has data beyond simple node counts.

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u/blockdyor_andrea — 24 days ago
▲ 16 r/BitcoinKnots+2 crossposts

StratumRace now live

StratumRace is now live: https://stratumrace.com

This site monitors how quickly Bitcoin mining pools send block notifications to connected miners. Currently measured from two vantage points (Ashburn, US and Frankfurt, DE), you can see which pools deliver first.

All code is open-sourced and available for you to test and verify from your own location: github.com/proofofmike/stratum-race

Built in collaboration with ProofOfMike. This is part of our continued effort to support miners in making data-driven decisions about which pool to use. All feedback welcome!

u/McPiePie — 1 month ago
▲ 18 r/BitcoinQRCodeMaker+1 crossposts

BIP110 / RDTS: What Miners Need to Know

I want to post this document, drafted by u/wk057, VP of Engineering at OCEAN. He put together a 9 page write-up meant to keep miners and customers informed about things they should watch for as BIP110 unfolds.

Bitcoin Mechanic, head of comms at OCEAN, refused to publish it.

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u/BitcoinDove — 1 month ago
▲ 17 r/BitcoinKnots

Mechanic: “An Organization To Fund Knots Developers Will Be Announced”

“Yeah, I agree. Yeah, I agree. I think it's like because we've been putting together funding for Knots, right?
So there's an organization that exists to fund Knots developers and stuff. We haven't publicized it yet, but it started and there's devs getting grants and stuff like that. But anyway, through all the due diligence and stuff, and people trying to establish processes around it, like who has keys to the GitHub, what happens if something happens to Luke, like all these kinds of things.
Basically, it just got me down to thinking, so is Knots good? Is there any process you can put in place that means it wouldn't suck if Luke wasn't around anymore? There isn't really.”

From Bitcoin Audible: Roundtable_021 - The Fight is Never Over, Jun 9, 2026
https://podcasts.apple.com/tw/podcast/bitcoin-audible/id1359544516?l=en-GB&i=1000771848359&r=3995
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u/blockdyor_andrea — 2 months ago
▲ 41 r/BitcoinKnots

AtlasPool migrating to Bitcoin Knots

AtlasPool.io, an innovative lottery mining pool, is moving its mining nodes to Bitcoin Knots. Stricter relay policies, 42-byte OP_RETURN limit, no bare multisig, mempool retention cut from 14 to 3 days. Learn more here.

u/blockdyor_andrea — 3 months ago