{"id":93535,"date":"2026-01-26T10:26:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T07:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=93535"},"modified":"2026-01-26T10:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T07:30:20","slug":"michael-saylor-identifies-main-threat-to-bitcoin-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/michael-saylor-identifies-main-threat-to-bitcoin-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Saylor Identifies Main Threat to Bitcoin Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The primary threat to the blockchain of the first cryptocurrency comes from &#8220;ambitious opportunists&#8221; seeking to alter the protocol, according to Strategy <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/michael-saylor-the-microstrategy-founders-biography-and-views\">Michael Saylor<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The greatest risk to Bitcoin is ambitious opportunists advocating protocol changes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Saylor (@saylor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/saylor\/status\/2015140226314686768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He did not specify whom he meant, but Bitcoin maximalist Justin Bechler suggested that he referred to developers promoting controversial network use cases such as issuing <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-nfts\">NFTs<\/a> or storing images.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He\u2019s talking about the Core funding apparatus: Brink, Spiral, HRF, Chaincode Labs, OpenSats, etc. and the developers they pay to repurpose Bitcoin for non-monetary \u201cuse cases.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Justin Bechler (@1914ad) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1914ad\/status\/2015148074646315432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Discussions continue within the community regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-bitcoin-improvement-proposal-bip\">BIP<\/a>-110 \u2014 an initiative by the Bitcoin Knots team to combat spam.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal involves a <span data-descr=\"a blockchain protocol update with backward compatibility, where new rules do not disrupt the operation of old nodes\" class=\"old_tooltip\">soft fork<\/span> to temporarily limit data volume in transactions at the consensus level. Previously, the controversial Bitcoin Core v3 update <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-core-developers-release-controversial-update\">increased<\/a> the OP_RETURN limit from 80 to 100,000 bytes.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, the idea <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitcoins-bip-110-soft-fork-gains-3-validator-support\">was supported<\/a> by only 3% of validators. Approval requires 55% of participants.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-999fe5acca3472f0-4628543802025619.webp\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-273991\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/thebitcoinportal.com\/nodes\/bip110\">TheBitcoinPortal<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The authors of BIP-110 note that embedding arbitrary data burdens node operators. This diverts resources from Bitcoin&#8217;s core mission \u2014 developing the financial system.<\/p>\n<p>Critics oppose any protocol changes, deeming them unnecessary.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cThe proposal is practically ineffective in solving the stated problem: methods of data embedding have long evolved beyond the mechanisms BIP-110 attempts to restrict. Someone has already managed to embed the full text of this very proposal into the blockchain without violating its own absurd rules,\u201d <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/coinjoined\/status\/2015505201298391281\"><em>noted<\/em><\/a><em> one opponent of the soft fork known as Coinjoined Chris.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to him, the history of the first cryptocurrency&#8217;s network development has repeatedly shown that users always find ways to bypass data recording restrictions in the blockchain.<\/p>\n<p>Cypherpunk <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/who-is-adam-back-and-how-is-he-linked-to-bitcoins-creation\">Adam Back<\/a> also <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/adam3us\/status\/2015375499510362540\">opposed<\/a> the Bitcoin Knots team&#8217;s initiative. He believes that any attempts to alter Bitcoin&#8217;s architecture &#8220;undermine the very essence of its existence.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cThe brilliant and already embedded mechanism to counter this risk is a dynamic fee compatible with economic incentives and <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-the-proof-of-work-pow-algorithm\"><em>Proof of Work<\/em><\/a><em>. This forces spammers to pay genuinely. Spammers also have an inherent disadvantage: regular Bitcoin transactions are very small, whereas the average spam stream is 40 times larger than a standard transaction,\u201d he emphasized.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Back in October, Bitcoin developer known as dathonohm also <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/new-proposal-to-limit-blockchain-data-divides-bitcoin-community\">introduced<\/a> BIP-444, which proposes temporarily restricting the ability to add arbitrary data to the blockchain.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The primary threat to the blockchain of the first cryptocurrency comes from &#8220;ambitious opportunists&#8221; seeking to alter the protocol, according to Michael Saylor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Michael Saylor sees \"ambitious opportunists\" as Bitcoin's main threat.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,1208,1138],"class_list":["post-93535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin","tag-michael-saylor","tag-opinions"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"169","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Michael Saylor sees \"ambitious opportunists\" as Bitcoin's main threat.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93535"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93536,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93535\/revisions\/93536"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}