A controversial proposal — supported by the Knots community — aimed at clearing up spam on the Bitcoin network, attempted to fork on Saturday. It failed spectacularly, picking up only a fraction of the mining power of the main Bitcoin network.

BIP-110 nodes split from Bitcoin's main chain at block height 961,632 after rejecting a non-signaling block, with miner support stuck below 3%.

The proposal has scant support from bitcoin miners and influential commentators have also voiced their opposition.