Bitcoin's biggest advocate, Michael Saylor, says new plan to clean up the blockchain is 'a bad idea'
Michael Saylor, a prominent Bitcoin advocate, has publicly criticized the Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) 110, which seeks to restrict arbitrary data on the blockchain. Saylor argues that the proposal threatens the network's core principles and introduces dangerous precedents regarding protocol governance.
Why it matters
As the leader of the world's largest publicly listed Bitcoin treasury, Saylor's opposition significantly influences the debate over the future development and governance of the Bitcoin network.
The Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) 110, aimed at temporarily restricting arbitrary data to focus on the core monetary functions, is a threat to the main principles of the network, Saylor explained in a comprehensive critique published on X , titled “110 reasons BIP-110 is a bad idea.”
"The proposed cure is more dangerous than the condition," Saylor said in the recent detailed analysis. "BIP 110 would use consensus to narrow valid activity, constrain future options, complicate deployment, and establish a precedent it cannot later erase.”
Saylor’s primary objection is based on the "no-questions-asked" nature of money. "Bitcoin cannot read intent," Saylor writes. "The network cannot know whether bytes represent an image, a proof, a contract, metadata, an authentication record, or a future application," argued.
By banning "spam," the protocol would effectively elevate human judgment into protocol law, effectively turning Bitcoin’s conservatism upside down.
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