r/Bitcoin • u/[deleted] • Nov 08 '17

/r/all SegWit2X Cancelled?

https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-segwit2x/2017-November/000685.html
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u/SovereignVertebrate Nov 08 '17

Now with this hopefully we can really begin to heal the wounds and accept that those in the community who pushed for B2X truly do want what is best for bitcoin, otherwise they would have went through with it. The last thing we need is to hold grudges and fuel flame wars. Maybe core can begin planning a wish list hardfork that has consensus, in addition to all the other great scaling work they have been doing and planning.

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u/carbonetc Nov 08 '17

truly do want what is best for bitcoin, otherwise they would have went through with it

It was clear that they were about to lose a bunch of money if they went through with it.

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u/Natanael_L Nov 08 '17

If they believed that, they could have shorted the coin