One day after releasing a new version of the Bitcoin Knots client (29.3.knots20260508) that enables BIP-110 soft fork proposals by default, developer Jameson Lopp today (May 12) announced a public timer to track the number of blocks remaining until activation. In Ropp’s vision, nodes running this version of Knots will be excluded from the Bitcoin network.
in his post It is scheduled to be taken off the grid in August. Therefore, we have created a convenient countdown timer so that we can watch the disaster together. ”
The tool created by Lopp is available on GitHub and is ironically named “Knotzi’s Death March.” As of this publication, the counter shows 12,542 blocks remaining for BIP-110 activation. Equivalent to approximately 2 months and 27 days:
As reported by CriptoNoticias, BIP-110 is known as a temporary soft fork for data reduction and seeks to restrict the use of Bitcoin to record non-financial data such as images, text, and files.
For operators upgrading to Knots 29.3.knots20260508, the specific impact is that the node will reject transactions containing any data that exceeds the limits established in that proposal. According to Ropp, nodes with these rules active lose consensus with the main chain and become unintentionally isolated from the network.
Impact depends on the number of nodes adopting the new version
As CriptoNoticias explained, Integrating BIP-110 into Knots does not make the proposal valid for Bitcoin. For that rule to affect the network, a significant number of nodes and miners would have to voluntarily adopt the latest Knots software update and signal their support for the change.
In this context, Bitcoin Core, the client that runs the majority of nodes (more than 77% of public nodes), does not include BIP-110. Knots is also Bitcoin’s second most used client (22%) and has recorded an increase in adoption since the beginning of 2025, although its participation is still in the minority compared to Bitcoin Core. If the proportion of nodes that adopt the new version is low, the fork will be less effective. will be limited to that segment without changing the behavior of the main network.
Thus, the fate of the proposal Depends on the social and operational consensus of the networknot a focused technical decision.
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