BIP-110 won’t pass - that’s clear now…
Core devs kicked the hornet’s nest removing the OP_RETURN default.
Yes, miners bypassed it.
Yes, inscriptions use witness data.
But that small policy change damaged Bitcoin’s “social layer.”
Many people who care deeply about Bitcoin felt overruled, not respected, and it felt like a “rulers creating the rules.”
The resulting toxicity and misrepresentations exposed a real stewardship problem in Bitcoin Core devs attitudes.