Segwit2x

Why we celebrate August 1.

"There is no such thing as consensus on the Lightning Network; instead, we have compatibility. That means you can literally break the rules of the majority, as long as there are other people that have an incentive to break the rules with you. "

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In case there were any remaining doubts, it now seems clear that the SegWit2x hard fork will not happen.

There will almost certainly be no Bitcoin hard fork next week: the main organizers behind the SegWit2x project have “suspended” their efforts.

Stanford University hosted the fourth edition of the Scaling Bitcoin conference from November 4–5: “Scaling Bitcoin 2017: Scaling the Edge.”

The hard fork part of the New York Agreement is scheduled to take place within about two weeks. But not everyone is onboard.