Foundry USA has begun asking its mining customers to vote on how the pool should signal on Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 110 (BIP-110).
The proposal is a soft fork that would shrink how much data can be stored in Bitcoin transactions, aiming to limit non-monetary uses like Ordinals on the network.
How the vote works
The world’s largest mining pool by hashrate also released educational resources on the proposal to help clients decide.
Foundry said the voting window will close at Bitcoin block 961,632, expected sometime in early August.
Mining clients can cast their votes through a link received via email.
A heated debate
BIP-110 has become one of the most actively debated proposals in Bitcoin right now, drawing sharp criticism from several prominent figures.
Blockstream CEO Adam Back voiced strong opposition, warning that BIP-110 could be used to freeze user funds.
Strategy executive chairman Michael Saylor echoed those concerns, arguing the proposal could invalidate ordinary transactions on the network.
Cointelegraph reported that it has approached Foundry for comment on the matter.
Foundry’s market position
Foundry remains the dominant force in Bitcoin mining, accounting for roughly 23.8% of the network’s total hashrate, according to data from Hashrate Index.
That scale means its eventual signaling decision could carry considerable weight in how the broader proposal fares among miners.
