Why why why is a soft fork so much better than a hard fork?? Jesus, I can't understand these bitcoin core people. Why is it so much better that you prefer to overcomplicate the code to achieve something simple just so it will be technically a soft fork?
It's so lame. You can always write "valid" where the old nodes are looking and implement a completely different logic elsewhere; and for this you pat yourself on the back and say "we managed to do it with a soft fork!"?
What do you gain? more nodes that say "valid" no matter what? You could add a million of those whenever you want.
And anyone who wants to split an old node from the network just sends it a transaction that is valid in the old rules but not new.
Personal reflections, random thoughts, mostly but not exclusively and unintentionally related to Buddhism and the spiritual path. More specifically, a lot of what is written here is influenced by my practice of Vipassana meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka.
