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RE: BITCOIN SOFT FORK CHATTER - I DO NOT THINK THERE WILL BE MOTIVATION TO ACTIVATE A SOFT FORK TO “IMPROVE SELF CUSTODY” UNLESS FEE RATES RISE SIGNIFICANTLY. - A MINORITY SOFT FORK PUSHED THROUGH WITHOUT CLEAR CONSENSUS CAN BE QUITE DANGEROUS. COULD CAUSE AN UNINTENDED HARD FORK. MOST TECHNICAL PARTICIPANTS REALIZE THIS AND WOULD NOT TRY. - BITCOIN STAKEHOLDERS ARE MORE DIVERSE THAN THEY HAVE EVER BEEN. PRETTY MUCH GUARANTEES ALL CURRENT PROPOSALS WOULD BE CONTENTIOUS.

 - IN THIS ENVIRONMENT AND GOING FORWARD I ACTUALLY LEAN TOWARD RESPONSIBLE HARD FORKS WITH FAR OUT FLAG DAYS MEASURING IN YEARS OR DECADES, NOT MONTHS, AND REPLAY PROTECTION. - A MINORITY CAN HARD FORK SAFELY. ANYONE CAN HARD FORK WITHOUT PERMISSION. IT IS OPT IN. NO FUNDS AT RISK. - I DO NOT CURRENTLY SUPPORT ANY PROPOSALS. IF THERE WERE A FORK TODAY I WOULD NOT FOLLOW IT.
- Softforks can never cause hardforks. - Hardforks rarely make sense, and don't in this context. - Replay protection doesn't make sense for hardforks or softforks. - Hardforks require unanimous consensus. A minority-supported hardfork is IMPOSSIBLE. Just look at failed attempts like BCH.