The co-founder of the popular Runestone project under the pseudonym Leonidas has officially announced the launch of a new software client. The program is called DOG Mode and is designed specifically for the Bitcoin network. This technical solution is a direct alternative to the controversial BIP-110 network proposal. The main unique feature of the client is its complete independence from majority voting. For the successful and stable operation of the update, it is enough to support only one miner. The developer openly stated that existing customers had been imposing unnecessary rules on users for years. These strict limits were not provided at all by the basic consensus of the network itself. DOG supporters no longer intend to wait long for anyone's permission. It is time to completely and irrevocably remove all unnecessary technical barriers.

The proposed client radically changes two key parameters of the network. The maximum transaction size in weight units will increase from 400,000 to 3.9 million. For comparison, the entire standard bitcoin block holds exactly 4 million such units. The new rule will cover almost the entire available block volume. The so-called dust limit for minimum withdrawal will also be significantly reduced. The threshold will drop from 294-546 satoshi to just one satoshi. This will greatly simplify the sending of Ordinals labels and Runes tokens. Both of these technologies remain a highly controversial topic in the community. Critics often refer to such data as ordinary network spam. However, the new approach will allow you to send entire collections that are almost a block in size.

Currently, the standard Core client rejects such large transfers as non-standard. Although technically they remain fully valid for the bitcoin network. Therefore, users spend them through direct communication channels with the miners. The second important change will rid the protocols of extra satoshis in each output. According to the developer, this action will free up about $25 million of blocked funds. The proposal concerns only Rayleigh's policy, not global consensus. The node decides for itself whether to forward the transaction further or block it. To activate DOG Mode, you do not need to set the threshold for miner support. In contrast, the implementation of BIP-110 requires a 55% network hashrate. Support for this update has now dropped below the critical one percent mark. Earlier, Blockstream CEO Adam Back harshly criticized such initiatives. He called them a direct attack on the reputation and stability of bitcoin.