US Edition‘Attack on Bitcoin’ — Bitcoiners slam ‘legal threats’ in soft fork proposal
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An anonymous developer has submitted a proposal to curb the storage of non-monetary data in Bitcoin. Read more
Proposal BIP-444 asks to limit the amount of arbitrary data that can be attached to transactions in the Bitcoin network citing concerns that node operators may face legal liability for embedded illegal content, such as child abuse content. *** Proposal BIP-444 requests to limit the amount of arbitrary data that can be attached to transactions. Concerns that node operators may face legal liability for illegal content. It arises after updating Bit…
Bitcoin Developer Soft Fork Proposal Sparks Controversy Over Legal Threat Language
According to Cointelegraph, a Bitcoin improvement proposal for a soft fork published on Friday sparked controversy within the community. Core developer Luke Dashjr created the proposal to restrict data in Bitcoin transactions through a one-year temporary soft fork. The proposal aims to address concerns about bad actors embedding illegal content into the blockchain following the Bitcoin Core v30 update.The proposal states on line 261 that "there …
Bitcoin Devs Clash Over Soft Fork Proposal To Combat 'Spam'
A fresh soft-fork concept billed as a “temporary” fix for non-monetary data on Bitcoin has ignited one of the sharpest developer rows since the blocksize wars, with critics decrying the move as censorship theater—and, more explosively, as an attempt to force changes under the specter of legal liability. The proposal—submitted on Oct. 24, 2025, to the Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIPs) repository as “Reduced Data Temporary Softfork”—seeks to “t…
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