⚠️ URGENT: Your Bitcoin Knots node is on a dead-end minority chain
If you are running Bitcoin Knots with BIP-110 enforcement enabled, your node is no longer synced with the main Bitcoin network. You are on a minority fork with less than 3% of the network's hash rate. Blocks are being found every several hours, and your transactions may take days or longer to confirm—if they confirm at all.
Your Bitcoin is not lost, but it is inaccessible from this chain in any practical sense. Exchanges, wallets, and the entire economic majority are operating on the main chain. Any transactions you make from your Knots node are happening on a network that no one else recognizes.
What to do immediately:
1. Stop transacting. Do not send or receive Bitcoin from your Knots node.
2. Disable BIP-110 enforcement in your node settings, or switch to standard Bitcoin Core.
3. Re-sync to the main chain. Your node will need to re-download and validate blocks from the point of the split (around block 961,632). This may take several hours depending on your hardware.
4. Verify you are on the correct chain by checking your node's block height against a mainnet explorer (e.g., mempool.space). Your block height should match the main network.
5. Do not attempt to move coins until you have confirmed your node is fully synced with the main Bitcoin chain.
The BIP-110 minority chain will eventually expire on its own (after ~52,416 blocks, approximately one year). There is no reason to remain on it. Switch back to the main network as soon as possible.
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"content": "⚠️ URGENT: Your Bitcoin Knots node is on a dead-end minority chain\n\nIf you are running Bitcoin Knots with BIP-110 enforcement enabled, your node is no longer synced with the main Bitcoin network. You are on a minority fork with less than 3% of the network's hash rate. Blocks are being found every several hours, and your transactions may take days or longer to confirm—if they confirm at all.\n\nYour Bitcoin is not lost, but it is inaccessible from this chain in any practical sense. Exchanges, wallets, and the entire economic majority are operating on the main chain. Any transactions you make from your Knots node are happening on a network that no one else recognizes.\n\nWhat to do immediately:\n\n1. Stop transacting. Do not send or receive Bitcoin from your Knots node.\n2. Disable BIP-110 enforcement in your node settings, or switch to standard Bitcoin Core.\n3. Re-sync to the main chain. Your node will need to re-download and validate blocks from the point of the split (around block 961,632). This may take several hours depending on your hardware.\n4. Verify you are on the correct chain by checking your node's block height against a mainnet explorer (e.g., mempool.space). Your block height should match the main network.\n5. Do not attempt to move coins until you have confirmed your node is fully synced with the main Bitcoin chain.\n\nThe BIP-110 minority chain will eventually expire on its own (after ~52,416 blocks, approximately one year). There is no reason to remain on it. Switch back to the main network as soon as possible.",
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