Leonidas, a leading figure in the Bitcoin Ordinals ecosystem, proposed the development of a new open-source Bitcoin client called “Bitcoin $DOG Mode”, aimed at removing the restrictions affecting Runes and Ordinals transactions. The proposal was published on X and quickly drew the community’s attention.
The client would raise the maximum individual transaction size from the 400,000 weight units (WU) imposed by Bitcoin Core to 3.9 million WU, and would reduce the dust limit from between 294 and 546 satoshis to just 1 satoshi. These changes would facilitate the sending of Ordinals inscriptions and Runes tokens, allowing larger files or complete collections to be included within a single transaction. It would also eliminate the need for users to “pad” their outputs for Bitcoin Core to relay them by default.
I am very excited to announce the launch of a new open source Bitcoin client called Bitcoin $DOG Mode.
Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Knots have spent years enforcing rules that Bitcoin itself does not have.
A transaction can be fully valid under consensus and still be blocked from… pic.twitter.com/WCJ9roEkeo
— Leonidas 🧡 $DOG (@LeonidasNFT) July 17, 2026
Leonidas was direct about the motivation behind the initiative: “Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Knots have spent years enforcing rules that Bitcoin itself does not have. The $DOG Army stopped asking for permission.” Leonidas is betting that economic incentives will drive adoption of the new client and pressure Bitcoin Core to gradually loosen its own policies. Bitcoin $DOG Mode would position itself as an alternative to the two most widely used clients on the network.
Source:Â https://x.com/LeonidasNFT/status/2077961811710591386
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