On Dec 18, 2015 2:13 AM, "sick...@gmail.com" <sick...@gmail.com> wrote: > 1.75 x 0.5 + 1 x 0.5 = 1.375 > > after six month. > > An hard-fork on the others side would bring 1.75 since the activation, am I right?
Yes. However, SW immediately gives a 1.75 capacity increase for anyone who adopts it, after the softfork, instantly. They don't need to wait for anyone else. A hard fork is an orthogonal improvement, which is also needed if we don't want to be stuck with a constant maximum ultimately. Hardforks can however only be deployed at a time when all full node software can reasonably have agreed to upgrade, while a softfork can be deployed much earlier. They are independent improvements, and we need both. I am however of the opinion that hard forks need a much clearer consensus and much longer rollout timeframes to be safe (see my thread on the security of softforks). -- Pieter
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