This was a very enlightening post. I appreciate the time and effort you put into this. I am most definitely what most would call a "newbie" in the cryptocurrency world nor do I have the most technical mind. However, you have written this piece with just the right amount of technical expertise and common language for folks like me to understand it. In doing so I now realize many implications of this fork that I didn't previously. Thank you again and I look forward to your future posts.