> 0') someone has come up with a good idea (yay!)

> 1') most of bitcoin is enthusiastically behind the idea

> 2') an enemy of bitcoin is essentially alone in trying to stop it

> 3') almost everyone remains enthusiastic, despite that guy's incoherent raving

> 4') nevertheless, the enemies of bitcoin should have the power to stop

the good idea

How do we know if someone is enemy or not in step 2 and step 4?

why bip 8:

- gives more power to users

- miners signaling is not considered voting

- less politics and controversies

During the taproot activation parameters meeting on 2021-02-16,

participants expressed their preferences with regards to BIP 8's lockinontimeout (LOT) parameter: