BIP-110 mandatory signaling begins today, putting block 961632 under a microscope as the risk of a blockchain split moves from theory to a live test. At the time of writing, the decisive block is expected to arrive roughly a hair less than eight hours from now. With the clock ticking, here’s how observers can track the action in real time using block explorers, monitoring sites and purpose-built dashboards.
Key Takeaways
BIP-110 signaling sits near 2.6% as Bitcoin approaches block 961632.Fork.observer links 50+ nodes to expose any Bitcoin chain divergence live.BIP110.org and 6 other trackers will reveal what follows block 961632.So far, support remains scarce, with less than 50 blocks left before mandatory signaling begins at block 961632, in less than eight hours from now at 9 a.m. EDT on Saturday. Signaling sits at just 2.6% at press time. The cleanest first-hand test is to run Bitcoin Core beside an RDTS-enforcing Knots build and watch whether their chain tips diverge once block 961632 arrives. However, not everyone has the hardware or technical setup to run full nodes, and nodes themselves do not reveal miner signaling percentages.
Where to Watch the ActionFork.observer
“Connected to a mix of 50+ nodes: Bitcoin Core, Knots, BIP-11O, btcd, floresta, electrum, and mempool-space. Also showing which block 20+ mining pools are mining on.”
BIP110.org/monitor
Forkwatch.tv
Mempool.kilombino.com
The dashboard lets observers watch the main Bitcoin chain alongside any potential BIP-110-enforcing chain, with visual warnings exposing rule violations and differences between node software as they appear.
Forkmonitor.info
Miningpool.observer
The site flags missing and extra transactions, conflicts and instances where pools appear to deliberately filter transactions. During an event like BIP-110, it becomes especially useful for seeing what miners are actually doing rather than what signaling alone claims, revealing transaction-selection policies block by block.
Wickedsmartbitcoin.com/bip110_signaling
Key features include a live “Legacy vs BIP-110” chain comparison that indicates whether the two sides are still in sync or have started to diverge, a miner/pool signaling leaderboard, and historical comparisons with earlier soft forks like Segwit. It is one of the more feature-rich community tools for monitoring both signaling progress and potential chain-split risk.
Tik-Tok, Next BlockThe bigger lesson sits with the tools themselves. A soft fork attempt used to mean parsing raw block headers or trusting secondhand reports from mining pools. Now anyone with a browser can watch chain tips diverge, compare miner behavior against expected templates, and see signaling data update block by block.
