First Block Signals Support for Bitcoin Proposal BIP-110 Limiting Non-Financial Data

First Block Signals Support for Bitcoin Proposal BIP-110 Limiting Non-Financial Data

Mining pool Ocean mined the first block backing BIP-110, a temporary soft fork aiming to curb arbitrary data stored on Bitcoin’s blockchain—a move that has sparked ideological divides among developers.

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Multiple credible crypto news sources consistently describe BIP‑110 as a Bitcoin Core proposal aimed at limiting or restricting non‑financial data, such as Ordinals inscriptions or OP_RETURN metadata, within transactions and blocks. Articles from Binance Square, Phemex News, MEXC News, and Panewslab independently corroborate this central purpose. Several reports also mention miner signaling activity and suggest that at least one block appeared to signal support for the proposed soft fork, though few provide direct blockchain data confirming the exact block height or timestamp. Taken together, the body of evidence strongly supports that the first block did indeed signal support for BIP‑110, and that the proposal’s objective was to contain non‑monetary data in Bitcoin transactions. While no source provides direct raw blockchain verification, the consistency and cross‑referenced discussions among reasonably authoritative outlets make the statement very likely true. The probability of falsity remains low due to minor uncertainty around the explicit identification of the 'first block' but does not meaningfully undermine the core claim.
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