Core surrendered Bitcoin's monetary purpose and almost nobody fought back. That's the BIP-110 story in one line.
First, Libre Relay. Peter Todd's relay was already passing and getting mined the "non-...
The only part of the statement I take issue with is the "50 days to spend a coinbase". Obviously if there's a fork with lower hashrate, the difficulty will adjust down in two weeks. During the two weeks leading up to the adjustment fee pressure likely builds up due to block delays. Then the mining economics between the two chains starts to get a little interesting.
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