Bitcoin's protocol ossification concerns may be overstated, primarily stemming from a lack of compelling upgrade proposals and developers’ voluntary focus areas.
The slowdown in soft forks, with Taproot being the last in 2021, seems more due to disinterest in upgrades than an inability to implement them.
Although Bitcoin developers are free to choose their focus, little interest has emerged for the various soft fork proposals, questioning their groundbreaking usefulness.
Anyone with the right skills can deploy a soft fork via alternative clients, yet skepticism about success has led to inaction, despite some proposals.
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