It's a mechanism by which miners trigger activation
of soft forks when a majority signals the readiness to upgrade.
Not exact matches
SegWit would use a mechanism called a
soft fork to enact its change, meaning that those using the network would not be forced to pick between two competing versions
of the software
when an update is introduced.
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.
I poked a few holes in each potato using a
fork, rubbed each lightly with oil and a smidgen
of salt, then baked at 425 degrees until done (you know they're done
when the skin pulls away slightly from the potato; the inside should feel
soft and have some give to it).
Love should be the first thing that one tastes
when they twirl a
fork into a bowl
of pasta slathered with a rich sauce, or spoon up
soft, creamy polenta topped with savory braised beef...
otherwise the recipes were very close, so
when I cut into this morning's stack
of pancakes with a
fork and saw they were
softer and fluffier than even the best
of wheat flour pancakes, I almost peed myself.
Most
of the other wallet providers contacted by Bitcoin Magazine also indicated they should be SegWit - ready if and
when the
soft fork activates, or not too long after.
The timeline for that support will be driven by the activation
of the required
soft fork,» Pair said, «but we don't know exactly
when the activation will occur, so we don't want to spend time now only to have it take another six months or a year before activation happens.»
Bitcoin Core brings a strong case by suggesting
soft forks be used the majority
of the time, and hard
forks to only be used
when a proposed implementation is universally accepted.
Hard
forks and
soft forks do virtually the same thing, so Bitcoin Core argues that
soft forks are to be preferred as they do not cause the amount
of harm on the Bitcoin network as a hard
fork can potentially do since users can choose to upgrade to new features
when they want to, or remain or the current Bitcoin core version that they are on.
In spite
of attracting wide adoption
when it first launched back in August last year, it appears that Bitcoin Cash still lags behind Bitcoin's SegWit
soft fork when it comes to overall transactions processed.
When everything is
fork -
soft but not mushy, turn off the heat and stir in a tablespoon
of top - grade maple syrup.