The Bitcoin chain enforcing BIP-110 hasn't produced a block since Saturday night, and the stall is now pushing its supporters to consider a change to the network's proof-of-work algorithm. The chain has been quiet for more than a day, and the people behind it are openly discussing a switch to a different mining algorithm to get things moving again.
Saturday night's last block
The chain went silent Saturday night, and as of this writing it still hasn't produced a new block. That's an unusually long gap for a live blockchain, and it's left the network in a kind of limbo. The exact cause of the stall isn't clear from the public record, but the effect is straightforward: the chain is effectively frozen.
Who's pushing the fix
Among the supporters is Luke Dashjr, who maintains Bitcoin Knots and serves as CTO of mining pool Ocean. Dashjr has been a vocal advocate for BIP-110, and he's now part of the group discussing a change to the proof-of-work algorithm. His involvement is notable because Ocean is a mining pool, and Bitcoin Knots is a full node implementation — both are pieces of infrastructure that would be directly affected by any algorithm switch.
The proposed change
Supporters are discussing a change to Bitcoin's proof-of-work algorithm, which would be a significant technical shift. It's not a small tweak — it would alter the fundamental way the chain secures itself. But with the chain stalled, the conversation has moved from theoretical to urgent. The discussion is happening among the same people who've been pushing BIP-110, so it's not coming from outside the project.
No proposal yet
There's no timeline for when a decision might be made, and no formal proposal has been put forward. The next concrete step would be for someone to actually propose a specific algorithm change and get consensus behind it. Until then, the chain remains stuck, and the clock keeps ticking.
