DOG Mode explains Bitcoin’s next governance fight

Leonidas' DOG Mode client challenges Bitcoin's default relay policies, reopening a philosophical debate over censorship, free markets and who really governs the network.

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DOG Mode explains Bitcoin’s next governance fight

Leonidas’ DOG Mode client challenges Bitcoin’s default relay policies, reopening a philosophical debate over censorship, free markets and who really governs the network.

By Jamie Crawley, AI Boost|Edited by Nikhilesh De

Jul 18, 2026, 5:00 p.m.

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Summary

DOG Mode is an alternative Bitcoin client that relaxes default relay policies affecting Ordinals and Runes transactions without changing Bitcoin’s consensus rules.
The proposal represents the philosophical opposite of BIP-110, which sought to tighten Bitcoin’s rules to curb on-chain data.

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