In
case of a soft fork the new rules would be more strict and the nodes would therefore allow this automatically.
The platform is being constructed in layers, which gives the system the flexibility to be more easily maintained and allow for upgrades by
way of soft forks.
An interesting
property of soft forks is that some users can upgrade to the new set of rules, while other users do not, or at least, not yet.
Think of soft fork as an updated version of the protocol which is backward compatible with previous versions.
The entire platform is layered into three layers, thus giving the system flexibility, ease of maintenance and an avenue for upgrades by
way of soft forks.
While Litecoin inventor Charlie Lee has been advocating for
activation of the soft fork since late 2016, miner support initially did not follow.
Since the beginning of the development of Segregated Witness, an increasing number of alternative Bitcoin hard fork supporters have criticized the implementation process
of soft forks on Bitcoin Core, claiming that Core developers have...
It's a mechanism where the activation
time of a soft fork occurs on a specified date enforced by full nodes, a concept sometimes referred to as the economic majority.
Since the beginning of the development of Segregated Witness, an increasing number of alternative Bitcoin hard fork supporters have criticized the implementation
process of soft forks on Bitcoin Core, claiming that Core developers have a complete monopoly over the process.
An
example of a soft fork is when the new rule states that the block size will be changed from the current 1 MB (1,000 KB) to 800KB.
An alternative suggestion was the
creation of a soft fork allowing miners to temporarily put certain transactions on hold, attempting to recover the funds without any invasive action on the ethereum protocol itself.»
It's a mechanism by which miners trigger activation
of soft forks when a majority signals the readiness to upgrade.
ViaBTC, Bitcoin Core and SegWit ViaBTC just published a blog post in which they explain the reason behind their opposition to SegWit, citing the concerns regarding the
complexity of the soft fork, the irreversible damage it may and the introduction of second - tier networks like Lightning Network.
His
mention of a soft fork to «fix» The DAO attack has been overwhelmingly accepted by people with a stake in ETH and The DAO, while other, less invasive solutions have fallen by the wayside.
SegWit or Segregated Witness, is the
name of a soft fork that was implemented on the Bitcoin network in August, 2017.
It will work in layers, which gives the system the flexibility to be more easily maintained and allow for upgrades by
way of soft forks.
It's a mechanism where the activation
time of a soft fork occurs on a specified date enforced by full nodes.
«In hindsight, it's become clear that miner
activation of soft forks can not be relied upon when there exists a divergence of interests between miners and users.
In the case
of a soft fork, old nodes on the network will still recognise the new blocks as valid.
This begs the question: What will major crypto exchanges do in the case
of a soft fork?
The entire platform is built in layers, allowing the system to have the flexibility to do more, is easily maintained and provides an avenue for upgrades by way
of soft forks.
Lombrozo also noted that, in the past, soft forks have been deployed on Bitcoin without any special treatment for miners, and BIP 9 was supposed to solve some of the issues miners could face during the deployment
of a soft fork.
The current implementation
of the soft fork is aimed to blacklist what is now called the «Dark DAO» account held by the attacker.