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Segwit2x Bitcoin Fork Suspended

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Re: Segwit2x Bitcoin Fork Suspended

#21
post #11

Considering the history of spoofed messages aimed at manipulating the market, they should have cryptographically signed the message That said - if this is true, they've done the difficult but right thing.

This guy is saying he has confirmed it with Mike, one of the signers of the email. https://twitter.com/lopp/status/928310251719405568

Re: Segwit2x Bitcoin Fork Suspended

#24
post #21
post #11

Considering the history of spoofed messages aimed at manipulating the market, they should have cryptographically signed the message That said - if this is true, they've done the difficult but right thing.

This guy is saying he has confirmed it with Mike, one of the signers of the email. https://twitter.com/lopp/status/928310251719405568

also

https://twitter.com/ErikVoorhees/status/928316364585963520

https://twitter.com/wences/status/928311976173948928

Re: Segwit2x Bitcoin Fork Suspended

#25
post #19
post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which way would spoofing this message send the market?

Some people were waiting for the "free money" to come so they could buy "alt coins". Some will be happy to see BTC unchallenged. Price will be a balance of both.

I'll admit it, I was one of those people. On one hand, no "free money" for me, but on the other hand, I'm willing to accept this because it will hopefully lead to a stronger Bitcoin in the long run.

Re: Segwit2x Bitcoin Fork Suspended

#26
post #21
post #11

Considering the history of spoofed messages aimed at manipulating the market, they should have cryptographically signed the message That said - if this is true, they've done the difficult but right thing.

This guy is saying he has confirmed it with Mike, one of the signers of the email. https://twitter.com/lopp/status/928310251719405568

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Re: Segwit2x Bitcoin Fork Suspended

#27

Wow! Site is down, can someone copy the text over here?

The Segwit2x effort began in May with a simple purpose: to increase the blocksize and improve Bitcoin scalability. At the time, the Bitcoin community was in crisis after nearly 3 years of heavy debate, and consensus for Segwit seemed like a distant mirage with only 30% support among miners. Segwit2x found its first success in August, as it broke the deadlock and quickly led to Segwit’s successful activation. Since th…

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Re: Segwit2x Bitcoin Fork Suspended

#28

So... this should probably mean a deep dive for btc price then, right?

I checked coinbase expected exactly that, thinking "oh man, I'm glad I didn't sell my eth a month ago to buy into bc trying to capture free altcoins like others did and like I considered doing, it'll be down like 10% at least" but it... shot up about 10% instead. I don't get it.

Re: Segwit2x Bitcoin Fork Suspended

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post #11

Considering the history of spoofed messages aimed at manipulating the market, they should have cryptographically signed the message That said - if this is true, they've done the difficult but right thing.

It is my understanding that signed messages are generally frowned upon in the Bitcoin community, Satoshi never signed his messages.

This is because it is more important what is in the message than who wrote it.

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