Leonidas' DOG Mode client challenges Bitcoin's default relay policies, reopening a philosophical debate over censorship, free markets and who really governs the network.

While BIP 110 wants to restrict data through a consensus change and has almost no miner support, a new DOG Mode client wants the opposite and requires no vote at all.

Bitcoin $DOG Mode launches as an alternative client challenging Core's transaction size limits, aiming to open block space for Ordinals and Runes activity.