Re: Just confriming, segwit or segwit2x is going ahead on BTC?
Obviously 1000 things could change in the next 90 days...
1) BitcoinCore could release a patch to support 2Mb blocks!
2) Miners could stop supporting NYA (SegWit2x) - if this dropped below 50% I think the new chain would die very quickly.
3) Someone else could release a patch ontop of BitcoinCore that supports 2meg block - is trival to code now as can just hardcode a block to switch on.
4) BitcoinCore could release a patch that speeds up the difficulty reduction (like BitcoinCash did) to avoid issue of slow block issue. But obviously massively reduce security of blockchain!
1) BitcoinCore could release a patch to support 2Mb blocks!
2) Miners could stop supporting NYA (SegWit2x) - if this dropped below 50% I think the new chain would die very quickly.
3) Someone else could release a patch ontop of BitcoinCore that supports 2meg block - is trival to code now as can just hardcode a block to switch on.
4) BitcoinCore could release a patch that speeds up the difficulty reduction (like BitcoinCash did) to avoid issue of slow block issue. But obviously massively reduce security of blockchain!
I just hope that #1 will happen before November and a split could be avoided. Not that I am afraid of any splits. For example, the Bitcoin Cash split did more good than harm in my opinion. But I am tired of moving my coins and exporting my private keys every time.
Hmmm.
Do I need to split out my Bitcoin Cash from my Bitcoin into new wallets before the next fork?
Then we shouldn't ever throw away old wallets.
I can see where this would get old fast.