MicroStrategy co-founder Michael Saylor says Bitcoin (BTC) has won the global narrative war, but flags BIP-110 protocol changes as the asset’s greatest remaining threat.
Meanwhile, Bitcoin Conference organizer David Bailey extends an invitation to BIP-110 supporters, invigorating debate that has split the Bitcoin community into opposing camps.
BIP-110 is a proposal to change how new Bitcoin blocks are selected by allowing miners to vote on which valid block to accept, rather than strictly following the longest-chain rule.
In simple terms, it tries to make Bitcoin’s consensus more flexible and resistant to certain mining attacks.
He describes the four-year cycle as “dead” and emphasized that bank lending and digital credit will shape Bitcoin’s growth going forward.
However, the most provocative line targeted protocol development. The MicroStrategy executive calls “bad ideas driving iatrogenic protocol changes” the single biggest risk to Bitcoin.
Bitcoin has won. Global consensus is that $BTC is digital capital. The four-year cycle is dead. Price is now driven by capital flows. Bank and digital credit will determine Bitcoin’s growth trajectory. The biggest risk is bad ideas driving iatrogenic protocol changes.
“Iatrogenic” is a medical term meaning harm caused by medical examination, treatment, or advice from health professionals.
That warning lands squarely on the BIP-110 controversy. The Bitcoin Improvement Proposal, introduced by developer Dathon Ohm and backed by the Bitcoin Knots team, seeks a temporary one-year soft fork to restrict non-monetary data in Bitcoin transactions.
It targets Ordinals inscriptions, BRC-20 tokens, and large OP_RETURN payloads that critics say bloat the blockchain and burden node operators.
A Community Split in Two
The first block signaling support for BIP-110 was mined by the Ocean pool in March 2026.
Proponents frame it as a necessary defense of Bitcoin’s identity as sound money. They argue that arbitrary data competes unfairly with payments and drives up fees for ordinary users.
Opponents see a different picture entirely. Blockstream CEO Adam Back warned that consensus-level intervention could damage Bitcoin’s credibility as a store of value.
He argued the proposal risks setting a precedent for future transaction censorship.
“BIP-110 restrictions are bypassable. The innovation damage is not. Bitcoin’s strength is its credible commitment to neutral, predictable rules. BIP-110 trades that, and Bitcoin’s upgrade future, for a spam filter that doesn’t even filter spam. That’s not a cleanup. That’s a…
The activation threshold itself remains contentious. BIP-110 proposes a 55% hash power requirement, far below the traditional 95% consensus standard for Bitcoin upgrades.
Bailey, CEO and Chairman of Nakamoto and founder of BTC Inc., acknowledged his own role in mocking BIP-110 supporters online.
I know I’ve poked a bit of fun, and I’m sure this will get a harsh reaction but I mean this sincerely… all BIP-110 and Knots supporters are welcomed to @TheBitcoinConf. I adamantly disagree with you, but face to face connection is grounding for all of us.
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— David Bailey🇵🇷 $2.0mm/btc is the floor (@DavidFBailey) April 4, 2026
Several BIP-110 supporters dismissed the gesture as a PR move tied to ticket sales rather than genuine bridge-building.
Notwithstanding, the Bitcoin 2026 Conference and a Federal Reserve meeting are both scheduled for late April, creating a dense catalyst window for BTC.
The BIP-110 signaling process remains active, with a potential activation decision approaching later in 2026.
It is a contest over whether Bitcoin should remain a minimal monetary tool or allow broader on-chain experimentation.
📌 MAROKO133 Hot crypto: X To Lock Crypto Twitter Account: Can Memecoin Survive? Te
X is preparing to automatically lock Twitter accounts that mention crypto for the first time, and the ripple effect on memecoin communities built entirely on social momentum could be severe.
X Head of Product Nikita Bier confirmed the mechanism directly: “We are in the process of implementing auto-locking + verification if a user posts about cryptocurrency for the first time in the history of their account.”
Yeah we’re aware.
We are in the process of implementing auto-locking + verification if a user posts about cryptocurrency for the first time in the history of their account.
This should kill 99% of the incentive, especially since Google isn’t doing shit to stop the phishing…
The trigger is first-time crypto posting, not repeat offenders. Bier’s rationale targets the 99% of phishing incentives tied to hijacked accounts promoting fraudulent tokens and fake giveaways. The move follows a wave of fake copyright violation emails stripping users of login credentials and 2FA codes.
For memecoins that depend on viral first-post discovery, new wallets, new converts, and new degens, this is a direct hit to the top of the funnel.
The broader market context adds pressure. X’s bot crisis, driven by AI-powered scam accounts exploiting recommendation algorithms with deepfake-heavy promotions, has already eroded trust in platform-native crypto signals.
Crypto Twitter Lock Mechanism Could Be A Good Cure For The Space
X’s verification layer filters scam noise and actually improves signal quality for legitimate crypto Twitter projects, driving renewed institutional interest and bringing back trust back to the industry. But the market might see whether the auto-lock policy reduces spam effectively or simply chills organic growth.
However, policy friction could also reduce crypto posting from new users by a material margin, cutting viral discovery loops that memecoins depend on.
X is about to auto-lock your account the moment you post about crypto – if it's your first time.
Head of Product Nikita Bier just announced it.
Hackers break into accounts and immediately start shilling random tokens.
Bitcoin Hyper Targets Early Infrastructure Upside as Memecoins Face Platform Risk
When social-layer memecoins face existential platform risk, capital has historically rotated toward projects with utility that doesn’t depend on viral posting cycles. That rotation is already showing up in presale momentum, and it’s worth watching where that money is going.
Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER) is positioning directly in that gap. The project claims the title of the first-ever Bitcoin Layer 2 with Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) integration, delivering a faster performance than Solana through extremely low-latency processing, a Decentralized Canonical Bridge for BTC transfers, and high-speed smart contract execution.
Bitcoin has core limitations of slow transactions, high fees, and near-zero programmability, and Hyper is here to fix them. Hard numbers back the early traction, $32 million raised at a current price of $0.013678, with staking at a high 36% APY for early participants. Presale capital has been flowing toward infrastructure plays as memecoin sentiment cools.
