Yea, regarding those difficulty jumps. You may wanna signal segwit as well so as to help it get activated so that covert asicboost is removed. At least you know that your competition wont be able to use it then.
So lets deploy a complex anti-tank missile system to take down a bird?
Just give the code that disables covert ASICBOOST, and I don't think anyone would mind if Kano pool signaled in support.
How long can it take to provide this code? 10 minutes for 1 or 2 lines of code? I come to think the crazy UASF boys want to refrain from providing anti ASICBOOST code as a standalone fix so they can continue promoting SegWit as the solution. I'm not exactly sure where our pool leader stands. For me personally, signalling for SegWit activation as a standalone soft fork upgrade is a no-go. Signalling for NY agreement, or similar fork with broad consensus would be a much better action to take.