Bitcoin Nodes Adopting BIP-110 Soft Fork to Limit Transaction Data Reach 2.4%
Nearly 600 Bitcoin nodes now support a temporary soft fork proposal that would restrict transaction data sizes amid ongoing debate over arbitrary data on the blockchain.
Approximately 2.38% of Bitcoin nodes are now signaling their adoption of Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 110, a temporary measure designed to restrict the volume of data permitted within individual transactions, according to The Bitcoin Portal [1].
Out of 24,481 total nodes, 583 are currently operating BIP-110, primarily through the Bitcoin Knots software implementation [1]. The proposal establishes a 34-byte cap on transaction output sizes and restricts OP_RETURN data to 83 bytes, with deployment planned for one year subject to potential modification [1].
The soft fork emerges as a response to controversy surrounding Bitcoin Core version 30, released in October 2025, which eliminated the previous OP_RETURN data limit following a contentious pull request from April 2025 that faced widespread community opposition [1].
Critics argue that unrestricted arbitrary data encourages blockchain spam and increases node storage requirements, potentially driving centralization by making consumer-grade hardware insufficient for running nodes [1]. Bitcoin educator Matthew Kratter compared the situation to a parasitic plant threatening to collapse its host structure [1].
However, Bitcoin Core contributor Jameson Lopp maintains that data restrictions prove ineffective at preventing network spam [1].
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