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I agree. The covenants soft fork support wiki is a site I visit with some regularity:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Covenants_support
There is also this covenants page: https://covenants.info/
But I definitely have a similar feeling to what you are expressing here: I don't know how to make up my mind about it, but it feels like if I don't have a single strong opinion -- if a lot of us don't have single strong opinions -- nothing will happen.
There has been a bit of movement recently though: BIP 54 (Great Consensus Cleanup) while not a covenant proposal, is a soft fork that maybe has the most cohesive narrative around it. It has a signet (#1428059) and there have even been some BIP 54 compatible blocks mined on mainnet (#1442475).
BIP 440 and co aka The Great Script Restoration is another soft fork proposal that is starting to get some momentum -- at least it has BIPs that are published.
A number of the other proposals on the wiki I mentioned above have also published BIPs that are now included in the BIPs repo, including BIP 346 - OP_TXHASH, BIP 448 - Rebindable Transactions, BIP 446 - OP_TEMPLATEHASH, and BIP 442 - OP_PAIR COMMIT.
But maybe this proves the point: there are so many proposals out there, it is difficult for a non-expert to develop a strong opinion about which one should be advocated for.
I think this means the answer to the question in your post is: No. there is not consensus on SN about soft fork proposals.
I don't think any of those address the quantum threat, but if bitcoin needs ro take baby steps, it's fine. So long as those steps are actually taken in a timely manner. Looks like I have a lot of reading to do though.
I'm going to keep at it until I've made up my mind what solution I want to champion lol. So I'll make mu case eventually.
That's what I'm trying to wrap my head around. I'm trying to get educated enough to form a solid opinion, that way I can make a case for whatever I think the best solution is.
The bottleneck is consensus, so I should be trying to convince people to reach one, and I can't do that unless I know what I'm talking about lol.