Luke Dashjr, one of the key proponents of BIP-110 soft-fork attempt, has been removed from his position as an editor of such proposals for the development of the Bitcoin network.
The motion’s forwarding and subsequent carrying followed shortly after the controversial BIP-110, an attempt to temporarily restrict use of the Bitcoin network for non-financial purposes, stalled almost immediately after entering a signaling period for miners and node operators to demonstrate their support.
Dashjr, who was one of the most prominent Bitcoin developers driving the BIP-110 initiative, was accused of abusing his editorial authority in doing so, such as attempting to assign the proposal a BIP number before it had been discussed and then quickly merging an update into the repository without following due process.
“The latter is particularly notable given that Luke has otherwise made hardly any contributions to the day-to-day work of the BIP…
