Luke Dashjr Removed as BIP Editor After BIP-110 Bitcoin Fork Stalls
Luke Dashjr was removed as a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal editor after a dispute over a soft fork he supported intensified. Fellow editor Mark Erhardt proposed striking Dashjr from BIP 3, citing inconsistent use of editorial authority, a rushed merge of the proposal, near-total absence from editor comments since new editors joined in 2024, and a breakdown in trust and coordination after Dashjr backed a fork that now appears to be turning into a hard fork. The motion has received public support in the pull request. Dashjr disputed the move on X, saying Core should have no control over the BIPs repository and continuing to reject the majority chain as Bitcoin. He also said he was taking a sabbatical from Ocean, the mining pool where he serves as chairman and CTO, to focus on Bitcoin and open-source work. The disputed BIP-110 aimed to block non-financial data like Ordinals inscriptions. It never approached activation, peaking at 2.53% signaling versus the 55% threshold, and later received no signaling at all.
