Another significant point -- correct me someone if I get this wrong -- was that the decision to flip the bitcoin core version is made by the template creator. Imagine a BIP that the plebs don't support gets through but hashrate-contributors don't know until after the block is won? I assume this is another part of the transparency - the version the template is based on (created for?) will somehow be transparent *before* the block is won so we can pull our hashrate if need be