They were soft because everyone agreed... Same as they agree that additional decimal places don't increase supply. Most people agree on basic math.
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Again, Bitcoin doesn't have decimal places or floating point precision.
It's not a math question. It's the reality of how the protocol works.
But Bitcoin can have decimal places. And I believe a soft fork could easily achieve it.
they were soft cause they were backwards compatible
I think adding a floating point could be backwards compatible too. More research required.