I have gradually come to the view that consensus changes only through soft forks are not an unalloyed win. As this discussion illustrates, we are relying on miners to stick with the new rules. Another issue with soft forks I don’t often hear about: with Segwit and Taproot, developers have created very flexible upgrade paths for future upgrades.
ANALYZING BITCOIN CONSENSUS: RISKS IN PROTOCOL UPGRADES
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