@Bitcoin Mechanic, to expand on my last comment: the need for it to be temporary seems solely tied to the desire to disable unused segwit versions. I think there is a good case for not doing that. Specifically, policy already filters these transactions. If, as @Dathon Ohm is anticipating, spammers start using unused segwit versions, a successful soft fork would force Core’s hand and make them adopt the traditional stance on filters, if only to protect upgrade hooks. What are your thoughts on this?

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I think we're not about to do any other soft fork upgrades in the next 12 months anyway. And leaving holes open of that nature isn't worth it in current context.