Quote from: nokati on October 22, 2017, 08:16:27 AM

Quote from: xFiber on October 21, 2017, 07:38:37 AM

I've seen a lot of people think that there is only one fork coming up. While in reality there are 2. The bitcoin gold fork and the segwit 2x attack. Bitcoin gold is going to be an altcoin and is not trying to be bitcoin. 2x on the other hand is supposed to be an 'upgrade' while in reality it contains code that would ultimately make bitcoin more centralized than it was before.

Well I am one of these people

So there is a bitcoin gold wich is just an altcoin.... what do they offer more than current bitcoin?

Nothing, really. They will switch the POW algorithm from SHA256 to Equihash, which is memory-hard and incompatible with ASICs. So, the hope is that GPU miners will return to Bitcoin. It seems like a long shot to me because there are much more innovative altcoins already; this seems like little more than a gimmick. But the hype might provide some opportunity to get some bitcoins just by holding BTC.

Quote from: nokati on October 22, 2017, 08:16:27 AM

And there is a segwit2x that still need to be activate and is a hard fork upgrade of current btc.

Why makes segwit2x the bitcoin more centralized? what is exactly the problem that the community is so divided about this? I dont need another 1000 pages propaganda but just a simple honest answer what is the pro and coins.

Technically Segwit2x is also an altcoin like Bitcoin Gold. But it won't have replay protection, so it could be much more dangerous. People spending BTC might lose B2x and people spending B2X might lose BTC. And SPV wallets will just follow the chain with more difficulty. It could be chaotic. I'd avoid transaction around the fork date (mid-November).

Segwit already increased the block size limit by 4x. No need to make it 8x three months later, with no widespread support among users. No matter what, that timeline is dangerous regarding the risk of a split network.