I suspect we haven’t seen any Bitcoin protocol upgrades since 2021, at least in part, because the proponents of proposed soft forks aren't convinced a UASF would be successful.
And if a UASF wouldn’t be successful, maybe the upgrade is not worth doing in the first place…
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/takes/the-lack-of-soft-forks-is-due-to-a-lack-of-interest-not-a-lack-of-process
Aaron van Wirdum
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2024-12-03 14:29:35
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