A HF will never be made to increase supply

A HF will never be made to censor or block a transaction

A HF will never be made to refund money.

A HF will never be made to benefit one or only a small subset of miners.

A HF will never be made to benefit one or only a small subset of users.

A HF will never be made for no good reason.

A HF will never be made when a simple upgrade could replace it.

A HF should be made as soon as possible if an "ASIC threat is realized"

A HF should be made as soon as possible if an exploit is found that can lead to an individual's profit or loss of funds.

A HF should be made as soon as possible if a "serious bug" is found in the core aquachain source code that can lead to loss of money for the average aquachain user.

If no HF are required, a scheduled hard fork shall be made to tweak the algorithm every 4 to 6 months, to prevent ASIC production.