If the next few weeks go how I fear they will it could get messy. If you care
about Bitcoin's consensus rules I'd request you pay attention so you can make
an informed view on what to run and what to support. For those of you who were
around in 2015-2017 you'll know what to expect. The right outcome endured in
2017 and I'm sure the right outcome will endure here assuming people pay
attention and listen to the individuals who were trusted during that period.
There are always a large number of motivated parties who are incentivized to
break nodes off from Bitcoin and may seek to take advantage of a contentious
soft fork activation attempt.
Remember that if all the information is presented to users in a clear way well
ahead of time then they can make their own mind up. I fear that things will be
made as convoluted as possible in a way intended to confuse and information
will be withheld until the last minute. When in doubt it is generally better to
rely on the status quo and tried and trusted. In this case that would be
Bitcoin Core. Alternative releases such as those seeking to attempt to activate
CTV or indeed those seeking to resist the activation of CTV really should only
be considered if you are informed on exactly what you are running.
If you are interested in the effort to resist the contentious soft fork
activation attempt of CTV please join ##ursf on Libera IRC.
Have a good weekend. Hopefully those behind this contentious soft fork
activation attempt will see sense and we can go back to more productive things
than resisting contentious soft forks.
--
Michael Folkson
Email: michaelfolkson at [protonmail.com](http://protonmail.com/)
Keybase: michaelfolkson
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