Soft Fork – DIGIT INFO

Is a New User Activated Soft Fork Brewing? Bitcoin May Face Another UASF Push

DIGIT — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 21:30:43 +0000

Over the past two weeks, the Bitcoin community has encountered a fresh Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) aimed at orchestrating a soft fork designed to curb what some describe as network spam. In a coincidence reminiscent of the User Activated Soft Fork (UASF) effort from 2017, the proposal stems from an unidentified pseudonymous developer. Unknown Developer […]

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Developer Flags Major Risks in Proposed Bitcoin Reduced Data Soft Fork

DIGIT — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 18:12:00 +0000

Mempool.space developer and analyst Mononaut has published a detailed critique warning that the proposed “Reduced Data Temporary Softfork” could disable legitimate transaction types across the network. Review of Transaction Data Shows RDTS Could Block Key Bitcoin Use Cases A new soft fork proposal designed to curb excessive data storage on the Bitcoin blockchain is drawing […]

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Controversial Bitcoin Proposal Targets Data Abuse Risks With Soft Fork Plan

DIGIT — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 05:30:45 +0000

Bitcoin developers are debating a new Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) that would temporarily restrict the amount of arbitrary data attached to transactions—an effort aimed at curbing potential abuse following the Bitcoin Core v30 update that lifted limits on OP_RETURN data. Bitcoin Faces New Soft Fork Plan to Limit Data Storage Abuses The BIP, authored by […]

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Cobra Warns of a New Bitcoin Soft Fork Next Year

DIGIT — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 10:30:52 +0000

Cobra, the operator and owner of the bitcoin.org domain, has alerted the community about a new development in the bitcoin world. He stated that unidentified bitcoiners outside of Bitcoin Core are preparing to introduce a user-activated soft fork (UASF) next year. Cobra Alerts About New Bitcoin Soft Fork Brewing in the Shadows A new conflict […]

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Matter Labs co-founder proposes ‘Ethereum Supreme Court’ for on-chain disputes

DIGIT — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 06:15:06 +0000

The crypto entrepreneur believes it would scare off bad actors and strengthen the state of the Ethereum network.

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Controversy as MakerDAO’s Spark Protocol blocks users with VPNs

DIGIT — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 02:54:45 +0000

Users attempting to access Spark Protocol with a virtual private network will not be able to, sparking criticism from supporters of privacy.

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Debate Intensifies Over Significance and Implications of Ordinal Inscriptions on Bitcoin Blockchain

DIGIT — Sat, 04 Feb 2023 19:00:13 +0000

During the past two weeks, members of the cryptocurrency community have discussed the non-fungible token (NFT) concept known as Ordinals. Since the 3.96 MB block (#774,628) was mined, there has been a significant increase in Ordinal inscriptions on the Bitcoin blockchain. Ordinal Inscriptions on Bitcoin Blockchain Spark Debate Among Crypto Community The controversial NFT concept […]

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A year after Taproot, Bitcoin community works to unlock its DeFi potential

DIGIT — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 21:00:00 +0000

Smart contracts functionalities on the Bitcoin network could boost adoption and provide additional liquidity to DeFi.

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Bitcoin SegWit adoption lags among major exchanges: Glassnode

DIGIT — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 14:20:00 +0000

A Glassnode report reveals that cryptocurrency exchanges some major exchanges are still holding despite being heavy consumers of Bitcoin block space.

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BREAKING: The Bitcoin network welcomes Taproot soft fork upgrade

DIGIT — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 05:16:04 +0000

Taproot soft fork introduces the concept of Merkelized Abstract Syntax Tree (MAST) to improve the scripting capabilities and privacy of the Bitcoin network.

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