Debate Over BIP 444: Strong Support from Luke Dashjr vs. Technical Concerns on Coin Freezing.
Developer Views on BIP 444:
•Bitcoin Core developer Luke Dashjr believes BIP 444 has a very high chance of success, though some initial confusion may occur.
•He states that opponents would need to perform a reverse fork and split the chain to reject BIP 444, which is considered highly unlikely.
2.Concerns and FUD:•Luke Dashjr dismisses claims about freezing someone’s BTC as FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt), emphasizing there’s no reason to believe real coins would be affected by BIP 444.
3.Opposition and Technical Debate:•Mempool developer mononaut opposes BIP 444, citing that some real coins could be frozen, especially those using OP_IF in Tapscript for simple financial use cases.
Date of related news:
2025-10-27 to 2025-10-28Summary: The community is divided on BIP 444, with strong support from Luke Dashjr and technical concerns raised by mononaut regarding potential coin freezing in specific scenarios.