Oh wow that’s an interesting problem for being first to upgrade
I actually hadn’t thought about that at all, especially with an upcoming tachyon pool. So we need the flow for tachyon → Orchard to be quite good to facilitate payments to those with no tachyon address.
Think we could go orchard only soon (or do a push for users to get into qr orchard once it’s available)?
Yeah I get the hesitation around hard-coding readiness criteria, but relying purely on “best judgement“ at this scale feels a bit underdefined, especially when you’re talking about effectively sunsetting a pool that still holds a non-trivial share of funds.
I agree that tying decisions to specific custodians like Coinbase doesn’t make sense for a decentralised system. But at the same time ignoring custodial reality entirely also feels risky, since a large chunk of users are indirectly dependent on them whether we like it or not.
Maybe the middle ground isn’t strict metrics but clear signals. For example, wallet support is already strong, that’s good. But for something like Ywallet still being 50/50, that’s actually a signal worth understanding before pushing timelines too aggressively.
I do think setting an end date is necessary, otherwise migration drags forever, but the success of that depends less on the date itself and more on how clearly the ecosystem understands why now. QR might actually be the first argument that’s strong enough to make that shift stick.