I'm not so worried about the exchanges willingly putting a noose on their necks, again, they lost that battle in the press.
I'm worried about 'ned', or anybody else with a grudge, still holding 'free' coins.
Even with a 30 day grace period, if a substantial amount of that hive is held by somebody that doesn't have the success of the hive in mind they could upset the apple cart pretty easily.
They can 'legitimately' cause havoc just voting that much hive power in the pool.
Presuming it is held in few enough hands.
It's not a pressing issue, but something to bear in mind in the contingency planning.
Presuming they came in low profile over an extended period, or spread it out enough to avoid suspicion, by voting that hive in concert they can run amok until the soft fork is put into place by the witnesses.
I don't think they would win, but they could excite us nonetheless.
Might even turn out to be a good thing.
I guess my question is about the readiness of a soft fork to quell this type of attack once recognized.
And, is somebody watching for this to be done quietly before coming out into the open as blatantly obvious?