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You can't be both anti censorship and pro soft fork

Soft forks *are* censorship

For example, if you soft fork in CTV via modifying the behavior of an OP_SUCCESS opcode (as I'd like to do) you necessarily censor transactions that try to use OP_SUCCESS the old way
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Tommy Volk 2y ago

I disagree - you could just as easily argue that by NOT soft forking to CTV, you are censoring my CTV transactions that I want to publish.

The difference between soft forking and censoring is similar to plugging your ears in an auditorium vs forcibly silencing the speaker. One is voluntary and peaceful, the other is violent and prevents others from listening.

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Super Testnet 2y ago

> you could just as easily argue that by NOT soft forking to CTV, you are censoring my CTV transactions that I want to publish.

I agree and I do make that argument

> One is voluntary and peaceful, the other is violent and prevents others from listening

IMO there is such a thing as peaceful, nonviolent censorship. E.g. when a university disinvites a conservative speaker who planned to say anti-woke things, that's definitely censorship, but it's not necessarily violent.