Hypothetically speaking... I don't like hardforking.
Hypothetically speaking... I hope we are at the code is as it will always be stage ... fixed in stone.

But if a soft option was presented and the miners/pools elected a new standard ... well that's fair and square.

Conceptually I like the ring of 300 years more than 100.  Legacy.  Our mark on the world of what we left behind for future generations.

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Personally I'd rather throw in a POS (geared towards seednodes) vs. emission acceleration.  That would secure the network with certainty.

That said I still think the network is on track, I hear the IMZ call to react, the better effort is to constantly, day by day, increase the UNO base pair markets.