Can we make forks less dire?

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This is to link to @danfinlay’s “Strange Loop” proposal for users to signal and (potentially) coalesce around Ethereum-based networks that suit them.

Strange Loop: An Ethereum Governance Framework Proposal

Repasting from the possibly more dynamic github here: https://github.com/danfinlay/ethereum-strange-loop Ethereum Strangeloop Proposal Motivations Hard forking allows protocol evolution, and other potentially valuable community services (cough, funds recovery), but contentious forks today can divide network value and create excessive overhead for that blockchain’s community. Currently, one stance that is popularly presented is “no forks” as the simplest solution to keeping one chain, but if fo…