At 7:56 p.m. EDT on Saturday, Following Bitcoin’s chain split at block height 961632, BIP-110-aligned mining pool Roughnecks managed to squeeze out a second block at height 961633, while the main chain has already left it in the dust at 961651.
Key Takeaways
Roughnecks mined BIP-110 blocks 961632 and 961633 as Bitcoin’s dominant chain raced ahead.Bitcoin’s 127.48 trillion difficulty leaves Roughnecks’ minority chain facing painfully slow blocks.Simple Mining mined Bitcoin block 961634, showing Ocean-linked hashrate was divided.“The Bitcoin network is currently under attack from hostile miners.”
Roughnecks Drills Again as Bitcoin’s Main Chain Pulls AwayAdding another wrinkle to an already chaotic block, Bitcoin’s mining difficulty also adjusted at height 961632, climbing to 127.48 trillion just as the blockchain split into competing versions. That difficulty jump makes life especially brutal for the BIP-110 minority chain.
That makes the block especially notable. Ocean has been closely tied to the BIP-110 camp, with Dashjr serving as the pool’s CTO and much of the proposal’s early signaling coming through Ocean and DATUM miners. Yet Simple Mining’s block landed squarely on Bitcoin’s dominant chain, another sign that Ocean-linked hashrate is not moving in lockstep with the BIP-110 minority fork.
Roughnecks Continues ‘Wildcatting’ on the Breakaway Chain BIP-110 Supporters Insist Bitcoin Is Broken, Open to PoW Algo Change for Minority Chain
