Re:Bitcoin is no long the only game in crypto-currency town
by wcoenen on Thursday January 11, 2018 @03:54PM
(#16127737)
> bitcoin can just add it
Bitcoin is pretty much impossible to change now. It's just too big for that.
Example: Segwit voting was available in October 2016 but didn't manage to get significant miner support, finally got activated in August 2017 after a lot of controversy, and is still not seeing convincing adoption[1]. It seems to be stuck around 10%. If a soft fork is that difficult, then more drastic changes must be impossible.
Bitcoin is pretty much impossible to change now. It's just too big for that.
Example: Segwit voting was available in October 2016 but didn't manage to get significant miner support, finally got activated in August 2017 after a lot of controversy, and is still not seeing convincing adoption[1]. It seems to be stuck around 10%. If a soft fork is that difficult, then more drastic changes must be impossible.
[1] http://segwit.party/charts/#