Sunday, 9 August 2026 · No. 129
BIP-110 fork mines two blocks then stops amid thin volume
Lead story · bitcoin — Controversial Bitcoin fork BIP-110 mines two blocks, then stops (CoinDesk)
The Lead
Bitcoin's protocol just endured a live test fork under BIP-110 that mined two blocks before halting, exposing how lightly supported rule changes can still surface without broad miner backing. This episode sits against thin trading and steady exchange inflows that keep distribution risk alive even as MVRV offers little cushion. The network itself shows no distress yet registers only baseline participation, while macro yields and gold prices trace a dollar that has eased without resolving underlying energy or inflation frictions. The open issue is whether any single incremental sell or protocol flare can break the low-conviction range before the next difficulty adjustment.
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The Reading
Threat
QUIET
Conviction
65/100
21 sources cited
At Publication
Now and change since Sun 9 Aug
- BTC Price
- $64,745
- 24h Change
- -0.32%
- Fear & Greed
- 31
- Hashrate
- 905.0 EH/s
- MVRV
- 1.23
- Block Height
- 961,688
- S&P 500
- 7,757.64
- VIX
- 14.90
- Gold
- $4400
- DXY
- 99.60
- US 10Y
- 4.66%
- Oil
- $78.18
In This Briefing
The Wire
BITCOIN
Bitcoin’s BIP-110 enters mandatory signaling with miner support below 3% — Cointelegraph
BITCOIN
Bitcoin hits block 961,632 as the controversial BIP-110 soft fork attempt begins — CoinDesk
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CONFLICT
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