Bitcoin BIP Editor Mark “Murch” Erhardt has called for fellow editor Luke Dashjr's removal from the role, submitting the recommendation to the Bitcoin Development Mailing List on August 9. The move escalates a dispute over how Dashjr handled the process around BIP-110, the proposal behind this week's contested Bitcoin chain split.
Murch's case centers on process, not just outcome. Crypto.news reported that Murch cited a BIP-110 pull request that was merged within minutes of being opened, along with what he described as efforts to obtain a BIP number for the proposal before discussion had actually taken place on the mailing list — the kind of procedural shortcut the BIP Editor role exists specifically to prevent.
A Pattern of Limited Engagement
Beyond the BIP-110 episode, Murch's recommendation also pointed to Dashjr's broader level of participation, noting that Dashjr had made fewer than 1% of the BIP Editor comments since additional editors joined the group in April 2024. That framing suggests the removal push isn't only about a single contested proposal, but about whether Dashjr has been functioning as an active editor at all in the period since the editorial team was expanded.
Dashjr Pushes Back
Dashjr rejected the allegations, calling them false and arguing that he consistently followed established BIP procedures throughout the process. As of August 10, the removal request remained an open pull request rather than a completed action, and the current BIP3 governance document still lists Dashjr alongside five other BIP Editors.
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The dispute follows directly from this week's contested BIP-110 chain split, in which the proposal briefly produced two competing blocks before stalling out entirely — the kind of concrete technical failure that tends to turn abstract governance disagreements into public fights over accountability.
No timeline has been set for resolving the removal request, and it's unclear whether the other BIP Editors will act on Murch's recommendation or whether the dispute will remain unresolved on the mailing list.
