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Re:Bitcoin Upgrade in November 2017 at Block 494,784 by nadaviv on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @11:08PM (#15033506)
> Segwit has locked in, which while being a "soft fork", already breaks compatibility with the original "Bitcoin".

How so? The very definition of a softfork is that its backwards- and forwards- compatible. Segwit is a softfork that is backwards- and forwards- compatible.

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