By Isaac • August 29, 2026 3:06 pm •
Bitcoin Knots is preparing a live rehearsal for a proposed breakaway chain that would abandon Bitcoin’s SHA-256d mining algorithm for BLAKE2b.
The test is planned for Sunday, August 30. It follows an earlier minority branch tied to BIP-110 that failed to attract enough mining support to produce blocks at anything close to Bitcoin’s normal pace.
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This distinction matters: the plan does not mean the dominant Bitcoin network is changing its proof of work. It is an attempt to launch and sustain a separate chain with different consensus rules and a different mining ecosystem.
CryptoSlate reports that Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr told SHA-2 miners to stop mining ahead of the rehearsal. Under the announced sequence, Bitcoin Knots
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