EC and "uncertainty"

HostFat

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Bitrated’s position regarding network splits and Bitcoin Unlimited
https://medium.com/@bitrated/bitrateds-position-on-network-splits-and-bitcoin-unlimited-4685c5c3f8e8#.yrg417dzk

and this answer about the last version of BIP100


I can agree with this. It is true that EC is uncertainty.
Businesses can agree on giving more blocks size, but it can be hard for them to follow unexpected upgrades in a so short time.

It can be a good idea to have a more large range of time before enabling a new block size.

Some brainstorming:
A miner/pool can request a new block size with a coinbase message. (so it isn't limited to the 5% of BIP100, it can be lower or higher)
If the other miners will agree with another coinbase-message-agreement for the next 75% of the next 2016, that nodes will start accepting this new size.

2016 blocks are even good for the miners to see how the market is reacting on their request/proposal.
 
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HostFat

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Even here
https://blog.bitgo.com/bitgos-approach-to-handling-a-hard-fork-71e572506d7d#.5f5t7tvqy

While I know that many will not agree on everything that both Bitgo and Bitrated have written, but you can see that both are requesting a grace period or something like it.

Also on the forums, facebook group and chats (mostly from my italian community), the most frequent question is "When?".

Maybe a grace period feature will be heavily appreciated.