Tag: SegWit2X
Bitfinex to Suspend Trading in Chain Splits Tokens
Today, Bitfinex has announced that they would suspend the trading of all Bitcoin Chain Split Tokens (CSTs). Below is the tweet that made it clear: We will be suspending trading in all Chain Split Token (CSTs) at 23:30:00 UTC as...
Bitcoin Block Size Increase a Medium Term Possibility
According to one of the most well-known people in the Bitcoin community, the block size increase could be seen as some sort of a medium term solution provided there was enough testing. Adam Back is the CEO of Blockstream and...
Bitcoin Cash Pump and Dump, or Optimism on SegWit2x Failure?
From Friday, November 10, to Sunday, November 12, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) had an astounding weekend price performance—surging all the way up past $2,400 in the early hours of Sunday before settling back down in the $1,200 price range at press...
Time for Bitcoin to Scale with the Lightning Network
Many may be slightly relieved that the contentious hardfork to increase the blocksize limit was averted, broader questions around scaling now need to be answered. Many of the concerns that were present before the fork have raised their head again....
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Surging: A Quick 101 on Bitcoin’s Rival Bitcoin
As Bitcoin’s (BTC) dropped $1,000 over the past several hours, Bitcoin Cash (BCH)—the cryptocoin that split off during the highly contested August 1st hard-fork—has conversely surged. At press time, Bitcoin Cash is up a whopping 30% from yesterday, November 9th....
The Crypto Community Reacts to Death of SegWit2X HardFork
Over the past few years, Bitcoin has been embroiled in a number of disagreements regarding scalability and transaction cost issues, with stakeholders struggling to reach a general consensus on the most viable solutions. This resulted in the New York Agreement,...
Where do Miners Stand on the SegWit2X Fork?
When it comes to power brokers in the Bitcoin industry, those that are crunching the numbers and producing the coins hold a lot of sway. Bitcoin miners are an interesting group of people. Some are evasive and tend to stay...
What is a Replay Attack
Part of the reason that the upcoming SegWit2X hardfork is so contentious is because it does not have protection against replay attacks. Many people are concerned about the prospect of a replay attack and how it could harm the integrity...
Quick check in on Proposed November Bitcoin Hard Fork
Bitcoin’s runaway success (and doubtless its runaway price) has surprised even those who first developed it. With the 1MB limit on each individual segment in the Bitcoin blockchain close to being reached, SegWit (Segregated Witness) was deployed to speed up...
Charlie Lee Predicts Coinbase Reaction to SegWit2x
Given that there is a particularly big event approaching Bitcoin in November, one would expect the largest Bitcoin exchange to lay out how they will handle it. However, in the face of the possible SegWit2X hard-fork, Coinbase has been quite...
