A new Bitcoin improvement proposal for a soft fork, created by core developer Luke Dashjr, has sparked outrage on X over a section that some claim is threatening legal consequences for those who reject the fork.
The proposal, data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/pull/2017″ rel=”noopener nofollow” target=”_blank”>published on Friday, is the latest salvo in the recent Bitcoin Core vs Knots debate, which revolves around what Bitcoin should be used for and whether non-financial transactions should be filtered out.
The proposal aims to restrict data in Bitcoin (BTC) transactions through a one-year soft fork while a more permanent solution…

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