Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] Speedy Trial

From: pushd <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2022 10:34:45 +0000

> Any case where a flawed proposal makes it through getting activation
parameters set and released, but doesn't achieve supermajority hashpowersupport is made worse by bip8/lot=true in comparison to speedy trial.

- Flawed proposal making it through activation is a failure of review process

- Supermajority hashpower percentage decided by bitcoin core developers can choose to not follow old or new consensus rules at any point

- Speedy trial makes it worse by misleading lot of bitcoin users including miners to consider signaling as voting and majority votes decide if a soft fork gets activated

- BIP 8/LOT=TRUE keeps things simple. Miners need to follow consensus rules as they do right now if they wish to mine blocks for subsidy and fees.

Note: Mining pools or individual miners can participate in soft fork discussions regardless of activation method and share their concern which can be evaluated based on technical merits.

pushd
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parallel lines meet at infinity?