The Chain Not Taken

(with apologies to Frost)

Two chains diverged in crypto wood, And sorry I could not merge them both And be one coder, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent with miners’ oath;

Then took the other, just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it signaled BIP so rare; Though devs for months would stand and glare, Their mailing list debates aflame,

And both that morning equally lay In blocks no node had validated. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing forks lead folks astray, I doubted I’d revert once fated.

I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere onchain, years and hence: Two chains diverged, and so did I — I took the one with Drivechain nigh, And that has made all difference.