The market rallied because of ant pools independent thinking demonstrated that bitcoin works!
Bullshit. Antpool's reaction is negative at best. They need to think before they act because the might end up losing their miners.
what if, miners leave core if they don't agree with their lack of cooperation?
Are you trying to imply that the miners should decide on the 'way forward'?
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The HK meeting happened. The way Core deals with it will influence the success of Segwit and maybe even Core itself. Why is this so difficult to understand?
Core does not have to do anything. The people who signed the HK meeting agreed to prepare a proposal and code for a HF. That's it.