[Bitcoin-segwit2x] To make sure my glasses are still working.

[Shaya Kutnowski]

Jared. You have answered my questions perfectly. Thank you very much. It
would appear that I misread something, as there is a LOT to read on this
subject, so it's quite possible I just got confused. Thank you very much
for all your help. We got 1 week to go. Let's get 'er done people.

On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 2:35 PM Jared Lee Richardson <jaredr26 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> > Just confirming something for my own peace of mind based on the emails
> I've been reading. Segwit2x is happening whether the humans like it or not.
>
> I'm not sure where you read this?  Segwit2x is happening, yes, but
> humans appear to be divided on the issue as they have been for the
> last two years.  Many people support it, and at least a vocal
> population opposes it, but determining percentages is very hard.  Some
> evidence of support for a blocksize increase is here:
>
> https://vote.bitcoin.com/arguments/block-size-limit-should-be-increased-to-8-mb-as-soon-as-possible
>
> (Votes there are confirmed with signatures from wallets with balances,
> and not sybilable)
>
> >  It is unlikely that a fork is going to happen
>
> That statement depends on what you mean by "fork."  A hardfork is
> going to happen, as that is what segwit2x is and does.  It isn't clear
> whether the disagreement over this hardfork will result in two
> competing bitcoins or not or whether it will smoothly converge on a
> new consensus rule.
>
> > and Bitcoin core doesn't support it.
>
> A majority of the individuals that make up the current set of
> developers often referred to as "Bitcoin Core" do not support
> segwit2x, this is correct.  Jeff Garzik and some others contributing
> to this project is/was a Bitcoin Core developer for many years,
> though, so that split is not as clean or clear as you may have seen
> implied elsewhere.
>
> Jared
>
> On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 7:11 PM, Shaya Kutnowski via Bitcoin-segwit2x
> <bitcoin-segwit2x at lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > Just confirming something for my own peace of mind based on the emails
> I've
> > been reading. Segwit2x is happening whether the humans like it or not.
> It is
> > unlikely that a fork is going to happen
> > and Bitcoin core doesn't support it. Did I get all that right? For the
> most
> > part?
> >
>
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Thanks,

Shaya. K

Kutnowski at gmail.com
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