The new Bitcoin war heats up as Leonidas, a leading figure in the Ordinals movement, announces the launch of the "DOG Mode" node software, smashing block size limits in an attempt to unlock $840 million in locked funds—directly challenging the traditional developer camp’s BIP 110 proposal aimed at banning images on the network. He’s declaring open warfare through code, without waiting for anyone’s approval. Behind the scenes: - Unlocking Limits: DOG Mode will expand transaction sizes to nearly max out at 3.9 million Weight Units and reduce dust thresholds to just 1 satoshi, unleashing Runes tokens. - Bypassing Consensus Rules: Instead of altering the network’s core consensus rules, it manipulates relay policies to force nodes to directly forward high-priority transactions to miners. - Clashing with the Elite: This move challenges the privileged channels long monopolized by major mining pools like MARA, which have profited from off-chain large-fee transactions. - One side sees Bitcoin as a payment system; the other views it as a free market where whoever pays has the right. By year’s end, will Bitcoin become a DeFi paradise—or collapse under a flood of blockchain spam? #Bitcoin #Ordinals