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Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] [BIP draft] CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY - Prevent
 a txout from being spent until an expiration time
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On 10/7/2014 8:50 AM, Gavin Andresen wrote:
>
> I don't have any opinion on the hard- versus soft- fork debate. I 
> think either can work.
>

Opinion: if a soft work works, it should be preferred, if for no other 
reason than once a hard-fork is planned, the discussion begins about 
what else to throw in.  To minimize the frequency of hard-forks, the 
time for that is when the change being considered actually requires one.