Wang Chun, Co-Founder of F2Pool: Bitcoin protocol upgrades should not be forcibly pushed through in a manner akin to “rider bills.”
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Wang Chun, Co-Founder of F2Pool: Bitcoin protocol upgrades should not be forcibly pushed through in a manner akin to “rider bills.”
Wang Chun, co-founder of F2Pool, posted on X stating that Bitcoin protocol upgrades should not adopt the U.S. politicians’ practice of “bundling bills” to force through changes—a key reason he opposes BIP-110 and BIP-54. Several discussed issues lack real urgency: for example, the “timewarp attack” has existed for a long time but offers miners no meaningful benefit; block verification efficiency has already improved significantly thanks to libsecp256k1 and hardware upgrades, eliminating the need for protocol-level adjustments; and “forging confirmed transactions” fundamentally relies on breaking SHA256 collision resistance—its feasibility would imply Bitcoin’s core security has already been compromised. Wang Chun added that none of these issues justify protocol modifications, and currently only the “duplicate transactions” issue holds some merit for remediation—potentially one of the few changes worth implementing.
Navigating Web3 tides with focused insightsTechFlow News, April 4: Wang Chun, co-founder of F2Pool, posted on X stating that Bitcoin protocol upgrades should not adopt the U.S. politicians’ practice of “bundling bills” to force through changes—a key reason he opposes BIP-110 and BIP-54. Several issues under discussion lack real urgency: for instance, the “timewarp attack” has existed for a long time but offers no tangible benefit to miners; block validation efficiency has already improved significantly due to libsecp256k1 and hardware upgrades, eliminating the need for protocol-layer adjustments; and “forging confirmed transactions” fundamentally relies on breaking SHA-256 collision resistance—its feasibility would imply Bitcoin’s core security has already been compromised. Wang Chun added that none of the above issues justify protocol modifications; currently, only the “duplicate transactions” issue holds some merit for remediation and may be among the few changes worth implementing.
