According to Bitcoin.com, Samson Mow, CEO of Bitcoin technology company JAN3, recently proposed in a podcast to fork the Bitcoin Core code to resolve the community division caused by the current OP-RETURN policy controversy. Mow proposes a solution to the current issue of mismatched incentive measures for developers, suggesting creating a fork based on the current version and maintaining the new software through an anonymous developer funding model. Mow believes that this is the best course of action, as driving change under the current structure is very difficult. He emphasized the need to establish a more comprehensive governance charter for the new fork to prevent developers from participating in the project due to personal reputation.
The core development team of Bitcoin plans to lift the OP-RETURN field restriction in the near future, allowing more non monetary data to be uploaded to the blockchain, resulting in a surge in the usage of node software Bitcoin Knots (currently accounting for 8.6% of public nodes). Mow had previously called for a boycott of core developers who engage in "malicious behavior," banning them from attending industry conferences and cutting off funding support. The analysis points out that this technological roadmap dispute reflects a fundamental disagreement within the Bitcoin community regarding the positioning of blockchain functionality.
