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Internal Conflict Threatens Bitcoin Hard Fork

Published on October 28, 2025

Categories: Bitcoin Development Market Analysis Hard Fork

A significant internal dispute within the Bitcoin (BTC) developer community is escalating, primarily over the use of the OP_RETURN function. This ideological clash is described as an 'internal war' that threatens to fracture the ecosystem and could potentially culminate in a hard fork, challenging the very foundation of Bitcoin's principles for the first time in nearly a decade.

An Internal War Is Raging For Bitcoin

A storm is brewing within the Bitcoin (BTC) developer community, threatening to fracture the ecosystem for the first time in nearly a decade. A technical dispute over the use of Bitcoin’s OP_RETURN function has escalated into a full blown ideological clash that could culminate in a Hard Fork. The conflict challenges the very foundation of Bitcoin's operational and philosophical principles.

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