Luke Dashjr Announces Departure from OCEAN, Opposes Bitcoin BIP-110 Fork

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Bitcoin news broke on August 11, 2026, when Luke Dashjr, CTO and chairman of OCEAN, announced a leave of absence to focus on Bitcoin and open-source projects. He emphasized that Bitcoin faces significant threats and reaffirmed his support for a single valid chain, opposing any hard fork proposals. F2Pool’s Wang Chun had previously criticized Dashjr over the failed BIP-110 fork.

BlockBeats report: On August 11, Luke Dashjr, Chairman and CTO of the OCEAN mining pool, announced he is taking a leave of absence from OCEAN to focus on developing Bitcoin and related open-source projects. He stated that Bitcoin is currently under serious attack, making true rest impossible. Luke Dashjr also reaffirmed that Bitcoin has only one chain and explicitly stated his opposition to any forked versions.


Previously, Wang Chun, co-founder of F2Pool, publicly criticized Luke Dashjr, stating that he was "not only financially bankrupt but also personally bankrupt in terms of credibility" following the failure of the BIP-110 fork.

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