The core devs have already indicated that they are fully against segwit2x
So no desire to compromise even when they get everything they want NOW and the other side gets a a modest increase to 2Mb in 6 months, what are the reasons given ?
It seems that you are highly uninformed. The Segwit2x aka FrankenSegwit breaks all existing compatibility with the deployed Segwit. That's why nobody sane wants to even consider that nonsense proposal. Note: They are possibly going to change that (open PR), but it isn't a certainty.
So, The Merkle just partially attributed today's tumble to Bitmain's announcement. I thought the market's numb to these type of announcements now, or are there many new players (traders) who haven't been exposed to this kind of rhetoric?
This is the n
th time that Jihan/Ver/BU crash the price.