What does it mean by activate? If I'm running knots with defaults right now, is bip 110 going to act the same till it starts to follow the stricter rules in September? My only hesitation is my node being essentially isolated and having hanging txs because they arent getting to a miner, or if I'm doing coinjoins and having issues there. If you're running it, are you experiencing anything like that?

“Activate” is when BIP-110’s new consensus rules actually start being enforced. Until then, v29.2 Bitcoin Knots with the BIP-110 patch runs fully compatible with the network - same block acceptance, same tx relay, same CoinJoin behavior. Your node won’t be isolated and you shouldn’t see hanging txs. I’m running the patched build and haven’t seen any issues. One benefit of running it now is that your node shows up in the Bitcoin node stats page for BIP110, which helps signal real-world readiness ahead of activation, with no practical downside today. Wasabi, Whirlpool, and similar CoinJoins will continue working both before and after BIP-110 activation, as long as they stay within standard block-size and mempool rules. Typical CoinJoins don’t hit these limits because they’re just multiple normal inputs and outputs, not massive scripts or unusual data.

cc @Luke Dashjr @Bitcoin Mechanic @Matthew Kratter lmk if I missed anything.