Sailer and Adam Back Oppose Bitcoin's BIP-110... 'Changing Agreements is Riskier'

Michael Sailer and Adam Back, key figures in the cryptocurrency industry, publicly opposed the adoption of Bitcoin Improvement Proposal BIP-110. The proposal aims to filter spam transactions by excluding arbitrary data and digital artifacts, potentially invalidating some valid, fee-paying transactions. Sailer warned that BIP-110 could set a dangerous precedent by converting the spam debate into a protocol rule change, risking network fragmentation. Back criticized BIP-110 for conflicting with Bitcoin's principle of non-censorship, arguing that protocol-level enforcement violates decentralization. Both emphasized the protocol's role in maintaining network consensus while rejecting forced changes that could lead to forks.