I 100% agree with this. If and when (if not already) the core developers are compromised by state or corporate actors, we need a mechanism by which to move the chain out of their hands. Hard forks and multiple competing repositories are the only way to achieve this. Regardless of ones views of the current Core group everyone should be in favor of scheduled hardforks for the reasons above.

theshanergy

bitcoin

Upvote if you believe Bitcoin should scale on-chain in addition to second layer solutions

I think there is a high risk the community didn't get this solution figured out perfectly during the blocksize war. Now it's turned political.  Which sucks.

I think the bitcoin ecosystem should plan hard forks every 131K blocks (~2.5 years).  They should launch like satellites into the unknown.  But each one competes with the other until a winner emerges.  

# Logic

- Existing stakeholders get a stable standard, they know will always live on if it is indeed the best.
- Existing owners get a dividend-like concept every 2.5 years
- Bitcoin Network gets a mechanism to test out new/risky concepts.


