The tweets came fast in furious, almost quicker than the articulation.
After months of anger and debate, a group of businesses and mining firms that use bitcoin’s software to provide services suddenly shuttered an attempt at changing its rules. Scheduled to be introduced in mid-November, the Segwit2x software had emerged as a controversial bogeyman, a cloud of uncertainty over bitcoin’s future, that quickly gave way.
Among those who had for months spoken out against the proposal, and what they perceived as a broken understanding of how protocol development should proceed, euphoria was evident.
“Segwit2x hardfork has been called off! Common sense prevails,” exclaimed litecoin creator Charlie Lee. “Put a fork in it, it’s done,” tweeted author Andreas Antonopoulos.
Developer Akin Fernandez, one of a legion of bloggers who have stood staunchly against the proposal, tweeted succinctly: […]
Read Full: Relief and Disbelief: Bitcoin Reacts to Sudden ‘2x’ Suspension
