Op Ed Why SegWit2x Makes No Sense

A number of Bitcoin companies and miners have agreed to run code that will implement a hard-forking increase to the non-witness data in blocks roughly three months after the activation of Segregated Witness SegWit. According to some of its proponents, the proposal, known as SegWit2x, is said to be the only viable solution to the Bitcoin scaling debate.However, agreeing to initiate a hard fork without knowing how speculators will react to such a change comes with risks. If there is not full su

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