Author: Jeff Garzik 2015-09-30 19:26:56
Published on: 2015-09-30T19:26:56+00:00
In a discussion on the bitcoin-dev mailing list, Mike Hearn raised the question of the benefits of soft forks. Soft forks have downsides and can cause confusion, so Hearn asked what specific benefits they offer end users. One response to this was that field experience has shown that soft forks can deliver new features to end users without requiring a global software upgrade.
Updated on: 2023-06-10T23:17:17.149815+00:00