<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 9:59 AM, Wang Chun via bitcoin-dev <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org" target="_blank">bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
The basic idea is, as many of us agree, hard fork is risky and should<br>
be well prepared. We need a long time to deploy it.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Much as it may be appealing to repeal the block size limit now with a grace period until a replacement is needed in a repeal and replace strategy, it's dubious to assume that an idea can be agreed upon later when it can't be agreed upon now. Trying to put a time limit on it runs into the possibility that you'll find that whatever reasons there were for not having general agreement on a new setup before still apply, and running into the embarrassing situation of winding up sticking with the status quo after much sturm and drang.</div><div><br></div></div></div></div>