PANews reported on May 13 that according to Bitcoin.com, Samson Mow, CEO of Bitcoin technology company JAN3, recently proposed in a podcast to fork the Bitcoin Core code to solve the community split caused by the current OP_RETURN policy dispute. Mow proposed a solution to the current developer "incentive misalignment" problem, suggesting creating a fork based on the current version and maintaining the new software through an anonymous developer funding model. Mow believes this is the best course of action because it is very difficult to promote changes under the current structure. He particularly emphasized that the new fork needs to establish a more complete governance charter to prevent developers from participating in the project due to their personal reputation.
The Bitcoin core development team recently plans to remove the OP_RETURN field restrictions and allow more non-monetary data to be uploaded to the chain, which has led to a surge in the use of the node software Bitcoin Knots (currently accounting for 8.6% of public nodes). Mow previously called for a boycott of core developers with "malicious behavior", prohibiting them from attending industry conferences and cutting off funding. Analysis pointed out that this technical route dispute reflects the fundamental differences in the Bitcoin community on the functional positioning of blockchain.
