Author: Jorge Timón 2020-01-10 22:21:51
Published on: 2020-01-10T22:21:51+00:00
The activation methods for soft forks have been reopened for discussion, with a focus on avoiding activation in the face of significant, reasonable and directed objection. Matt Corallo proposes using BIP 9 deployment with a one-year time horizon for activation with 95% miner readiness. If no activation occurs within a year, there will be a six-month quieting period for analysis and discussion before users can opt into a BIP 8 deployment with a 24-month time horizon for flag-day activation. The proposal also aims to avoid activating within an inadequate timeframe, prevent hashpower loss from un-upgraded miners, use hashpower enforcement to de-risk the upgrade process and follow the will of the community without overruling any reasonable objections. Additionally, luke-jr suggested that consensus rules could require blocks to signal for activation in the last activation window, which may make it easier for users to resist an unwanted change they oppose.
Updated on: 2023-06-13T23:03:17.227366+00:00