The Flagging Bowl: A BIP-110 Watch Party

The Flagging Bowl: A BIP-110 Watch Party

Bitcoin meetup + block-height countdown + partially serious revolutionary theater

Date

Saturday, August 8, 2026

Start Time

12:00 PM noon

Main Event

We’ll be gathering to watch the approach of BIP-110 flagging height 961,632.

According to the all-mighty ChatGPT, the sacred block should arrive around:

1:28 PM ET

Naturally, Bitcoin will do what Bitcoin does, so this time is either highly precise, completely wrong, or spiritually correct.

Event Outline

12:00 PM — Doors open beers pleb roll call

Settle in, grab a drink, talk nodes, miners, spam, soft forks, and why your family still thinks Bitcoin is fake internet money.

1:00 PM — Countdown to height 961,632

Live block-height watching begins.

Mempool.space, node dashboards, OCEAN, Knots, Bitaxe, and whatever other screens we can get running without breaking anything.

~1:28 PM — The All-Mighty ChatGPT Prophecy Window

Expected flagging height arrival, according to our totally infallible AI oracle.

If the block hits on time: we celebrate.

If it’s late: we blame fiat time.

If it’s early: Bitcoin fixes clocks too.

After block 961,632 — Chaos, consensus, or comedy

We’ll watch what happens next and talk through the range of possible outcomes:

- Smooth signaling

- Confusion

- Miner drama

- Node operator victory laps

- X/Twitter meltdowns

- Absolutely nothing noticeable

- Or Bitcoin calmly continuing to produce blocks while everyone overreacts

*Event start time subject to change as the difficulty adjustment plays out.