Soft fork activation
Not what to change but how to switch it on: miner signalling (BIP 9), flag days, the user-activated soft fork of 2017 (BIP 148), BIP 8 and Speedy Trial for Taproot. The question of who gets to decide has never been settled, which is why these threads keep coming back.
118 threads and 945 messages, 10 Mar 2013 to 26 Aug 2026.
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The threads, in order
Listed by the date of each thread's first message.
2013 2 threads
- Blocking uneconomical UTXO creation Peter Todd23 messages
- Upcoming network event: block v2 lock-in Jeff Garzik9 messages
2015 10 threads
- Softfork signaling improvements Douglas Roark1 message
- Version bits proposal Pieter Wuille14 messages
- 5 messages
- Voting by locking coins Hector Chu6 messages
- Version bits with timeout and delay. Rusty Russell26 messages
- Versionbits BIP (009) minor revision proposal. Rusty Russell7 messages
- 15 messages
- Blockchain verification flag (BIP draft) Gregory Maxwell8 messages
- BIP 9 style version bits for txns Vincent Truong4 messages
- 10 messages
2016 4 threads
- Best (block nr % 2016) for hard fork activation? Jannes Faber4 messages
- Hardfork bit BIP Johnson Lau14 messages
- Status updates for BIP 9, 68, 112, and 113 Luke Dashjr4 messages
- BIP status updates & BIP 2 activation Luke Dashjr1 message
2017 32 threads
- 4 messages
- 18 messages
- Flag day activation of segwit shaolinfry10 messages
- Malice Reactive Proof of Work Additions (MR POWA): Protecting Bitcoin from malicious miners John Hardy15 messages
- 9 messages
- 6 messages
- Proposal: Soft Fork Threshold Signaling Thomas Voegtlin5 messages
- I do not support the BIP 148 UASF Gregory Maxwell34 messages
- I do not support the BIP 148 UASF Chris Acheson7 messages
- 3 messages
- Diminishing Signaling Returns Crypto.Press1 message
- Transaction signalling Erik Aronesty7 messages
- Segwit v2 Luke Dashjr7 messages
- 1 message
- 2 messages
- 6 messages
- 3 messages
- 1 message
- BIP: Block signal enforcement via tx fees Luke Dashjr17 messages
- 11 messages
- Hypothetical 2 MB hardfork to follow BIP148 Luke Dashjr13 messages
- Suggested changes to bip8 Jorge Timón1 message
- Compatibility-Oriented Omnibus Proposal CalvinRechner8 messages
- 1 message
- 1 message
- 20 messages
- User Activated Soft Fork Split Protection James Hilliard29 messages
- The BIP148 chain split may be inevitable Jacob Eliosoff6 messages
- User coordination of soft fork activation Martin Habovštiak1 message
- BIP148 temporary service bit (1 << 27) Luke Dashjr3 messages
- Height based vs block time based thresholds shaolinfry14 messages
- The Nuclear Option: BIP148 + MR POWA John Hardy3 messages
2018 3 threads
- BIP Activation Reference LORD HIS EXCELLENCY JAMES HRMH1 message
- 4 messages
- Soft Fork Activation & Enforcement w/o Signaling? Samad Sajanlal4 messages
2019 2 threads
- Burying CSV and segwit soft fork activations John Newbery3 messages
- Signaling support for addr relay (revision #1) Gleb Naumenko2 messages
2020 4 threads
- Modern Soft Fork Activation Matt Corallo11 messages
- 2 messages
- Taproot activation discussion Steve Lee1 message
- Thoughts on soft-fork activation Anthony Towns3 messages
2021 35 threads
- 1 message
- Yesterday's Taproot activation meeting on IRC Michael Folkson1 message
- Taproot activation meeting 2 - Tuesday 16th February 19:00 UTC Michael Folkson3 messages
- Yesterday's Taproot activation meeting on lockinontimeout (LOT) Michael Folkson42 messages
- 7 messages
- Taproot activation facts on lockinontimeout (LOT) Michael Folkson1 message
- Proposal: Scheduled Activation with Potential Miner-Signaled Delay Efaula Prafbodous1 message
- Straight Flag Day (Height) Taproot Activation Matt Corallo15 messages
- LOT=False is dangerous and shouldn't be used Luke Dashjr9 messages
- UASF (LOT=true) kick off meeting - Tuesday March 2nd 19:00 UTC on ##uasf IRC channel Michael Folkson5 messages
- Yesterday’s UASF (LOT=true) kick off meeting Michael Folkson3 messages
- Making the case for flag day activation of taproot Chris Belcher15 messages
- activation mechanism considerations John Rand3 messages
- MASF=true + LOT=informational John Rand2 messages
- Supermajority then simple majority Taproot Activation Ariel Lorenzo-Luaces1 message
- Taproot activation proposal "Speedy Trial" David A. Harding16 messages
- Yet another Taproot activation logic Carlo Spiller3 messages
- Measuring the support (or lack of support) for Speedy Trial Michael Folkson1 message
- 9 messages
- (Recurring) Taproot activation meeting on IRC - Tuesday 23rd March 19:00 UTC + every fortnight Jeremy Rubin3 messages
- March 23rd 2021 Taproot Activation Meeting Notes Jeremy Rubin13 messages
- Response to Rusty Russell from Github Jeremy Rubin3 messages
- Announcing a new standard for soft fork activation Michael Folkson3 messages
- 12 messages
- 2 messages
- Update on "Speedy" Trial: The circus rolls on Michael Folkson6 messages
- Taproot activation meeting on IRC - Tuesday 13th April 19:00 UTC BitcoinMechanic4 messages
- Yesterday's Taproot activation meeting on IRC Michael Folkson1 message
- Update on Taproot activation releases Michael Folkson1 message
- Taproot Activation Meeting 4/20 Cancelled Jeremy Rubin2 messages
- 2 messages
- Trinary Version Signaling for softfork upgrades Billy Tetrud20 messages
- 7 messages
- On the regularity of soft forks Michael Folkson13 messages
- Taproot activates - A time/block line Michael Folkson2 messages
2022 14 threads
- Stumbling into a contentious soft fork activation attempt Michael Folkson20 messages
- 3 messages
- CTV BIP review Luke Dashjr12 messages
- 5 messages
- Meeting Summary & Logs for CTV Meeting #5 Jeremy Rubin4 messages
- Speedy Trial Russell O'Connor53 messages
- 7 Theses on a next step for BIP-119 Jeremy Rubin11 messages
- Automatically reverting ("transitory") soft forks, e.g. for CTV David A. Harding37 messages
- User Resisted Soft Fork for CTV Michael Folkson18 messages
- What to expect in the next few weeks Michael Folkson13 messages
- 2 messages
- What to do when contentious soft fork activations are attempted Michael Folkson10 messages
- Improving BIP 8 soft fork activation alicexbt7 messages
- 6 messages
2023 4 threads
- A new Bitcoin implementation integrated with Core Lightning Michael Folkson11 messages
- 3 messages
- BIP-119 UASF alicexbt1 message
- Swift Activation - CTV alicexbt14 messages
2024 1 thread
- 7 messages
2025 4 threads
- Proposal: Unlocking Dust UTXOs as Miner Transaction Fees Nighttime Satoshi6 messages
- 5 messages
- 1 message
- CTV activation meeting #1 Notes /dev /fd01 message
2026 3 threads
- BIP 54 active on Bitcoin Inquisition Antoine Poinsot5 messages
- 6 messages
- post-quantum: solution ideas to "tripwire"game-theory issues + a certificate-based rescue protocol Antoine Riard3 messages