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Bitcoin’s temporary soft-fork proposal, BIP-110, has struggled to attract broad support, but its significance extends beyond whether it is ultimately implemented. Supporters see the proposal as a principled defence of Bitcoin’s monetary purity against growing non-payment data use, while critics see a risky intervention that could threaten chain continuity, neutrality and economic coordination. For institutions, the episode reinforces a central part of Bitcoin’s adoption case: its governance may be slow and contested, but its resistance to rushed or narrow rule changes is what helps preserve confidence in the network.