I thought the failure of the big blockers was a great example for why no one would ever dare to try this. The opportunity cost were extreme and still are to this date.
I mean sure, there are actors, who might not care about opportunity cost but blackrock doesn't look like one to me, especially since the ETF holds the corn for their clients, not themselves. This is not an endorsement of them I just think that scenario is highly unlikely.
BlackRock and MicroStrategy are the last players that want to fuck with bitcoin. They are not the threat to bitcoin. Devs and influencers trying to make a contribution is who are creating risk by wanting changes like the big blockers did back then
To steelman Calle’s point, in the Blocksize Wars people with small amounts of BTC compared to the whole network DID attempt a user hostile fork. So it’s at least possible again, and should not be categorically dismissed. Maybe the chances aren’t high, but definitely not zero and people should be ready to run a URSF client and throw their economic weight behind their beliefs. Current example Paul at Layer Two Labs is lobbying miners to unilaterally start enforcing BIPs 300/301. I don’t think it’ll go anywhere, but again just to make the point we must remain vigilant.
