𝗕𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗧𝗖 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗸 : 𝟯 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀

More and more money is at stake in the Bitcoin blockchain. The irruption of bankers has co-opted the system, and a hard fork is not a question of if, but when and how.

Donald Trump's policy proposing Bitcoin as a reserve elevates this scenario to its highest expression

I believe that a hard fork is very likely before the end of Donald Trump's presidency.

—Sidechains/L2

Some developers propose to build parallel systems (sidechains, anchored tokens, stablecoins) that introduce monetary elasticity or other economic incentives. Liquid, RSK and Lightning Network are primitive examples.

—Tail Emission

Others propose tail emission, which is a perpetual, minimal block reward that is issued in addition to mining the main supply of 21 million BTC, to incentivize miners and secure the Blockchain in the lack of fees.

—Burn

And bankers will propose demand-driven programmed burning of BTC. Its greatest exponent will be his holiness Michael Saylor.

The BTC maximalists will continue as a small niche with the current protocol for a while until they die out.