Bitcoin Developer Proposes DOG Mode to Counter BIP 110 Restrictions

The Bitcoin community has long been divided over whether the blockchain should carry non-financial data. BIP 110, a proposal designed to restrict on-chain data storage by the Ordinals and Runes protocols, was established on December 3, 2025, prompting a strong backlash from their advocates. The dispute concerns the distribution of network governance power and whether Bitcoin should serve as a decentralized payment system or a general-purpose database.

To counter the restrictions, Ordinals advocate Leonidas launched the open-source DOG Mode client on July 17, 2026. The software changes relay policy by raising the transaction-size limit from 400,000 weight units to 3.9 million and lowering the dust limit from 294–546 satoshis to 1 satoshi. The approach requires no consensus vote and can operate with support from miners alone.