Saylor and Back Push Back Against BIP-110 Ordinals Proposal
Bitcoin heavyweights Michael Saylor and Adam Back have publicly criticized the BIP-110 proposal targeting Ordinals inscriptions on the Bitcoin network.
Michael Saylor, executive chairman of MicroStrategy, and cryptographer Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream, have come out swinging against BIP-110, a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal that would restrict or eliminate Ordinals-based inscriptions from the Bitcoin blockchain. The two high-profile Bitcoin bulls added their voices to a simmering technical and ideological debate dividing parts of the Bitcoin developer community.
Ordinals, which allow users to inscribe data such as images and text directly onto individual satoshis, have been a lightning rod since their debut, drawing criticism from those who argue they congest the network and inflate transaction fees for ordinary users. BIP-110 represents a formal push by some in that camp to curtail the protocol-level mechanics that make Ordinals possible.
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Saylor and Back's opposition signals that the pro-Ordinals faction still commands significant influence among Bitcoin's most prominent advocates, even as the broader Ordinals ecosystem has cooled considerably. Transaction activity tied to Ordinals has fallen sharply over the past two years, raising questions about whether the proposal addresses a problem that the market has already begun to solve organically.
The clash underscores a deeper tension within the Bitcoin community over the network's core purpose — whether Bitcoin should remain a lean, payment-focused ledger or evolve into a broader data and smart-contract platform. BIP-110's fate will likely hinge on whether developers can build consensus around a change that remains deeply polarizing among miners, node operators, and longtime holders alike.
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