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Any guesses? Will they finally implement SegWit!?!? (Lol)


Tweet link: https://twitter.com/blockchain/status/1052621881986207746?s=19

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Don't tell me you haven't heard that the blockchain.com is launching an airdrop program.
They're simply going to start giving away their customers free tokens for their support, that's all :)

Reference:
https://www.blockchain.com/airdrop
https://www.bitrates.com/news/p/blockchaincom-endorses-free-crypto-and-announces-airdrop-program
https://www.cryptoninjas.net/2018/10/17/blockchain-com-launching-airdrop-program-for-token-based-networks/

Could be, or maybe they are already in the works of creating their own exchange? We don't know, and most likely most people won't care at all.

If they are to switch over to SegWit, the thing is they will not be the first to do so, thus this will not make it anything special (but somewhat important). My likely guess is a crypto exchange, or another branch of their services.


So is this another ICO? If so, that would be a shame, I'm expecting something big from them but never an altcoin of any sort. It would also be quite ironic for them to create one knowing that their explorer is focused on bitcoins, not any other altcoins.

Edit: added something, browser immediately submitted my post lol

funny you mentioned SegWit here. recently i found out that a while ago they have already implemented the new cashaddress format for bitcoin cash in their wallet which is basically the same format as bech32 addresses but they have not yet implemented anything of SegWit :D

So, it's not going to be an exchange or anything that would be considered "big".
Maybe some kind of hardware wallet?

Wait what the hell? I wasn't expecting much but this is a lot lamer than what I was expecting. Is this really the one though?

Well that's something. Do you think it's just because blockchain.com is more biased towards BCH? or is it just that implementing the SegWit format is significantly harder(if there's actually a difference)?

Was initially thinking of something along those lines too.

It's not about an airdrop/ICO from Blockchain.com itself. But it will partner with some ICO projects. I suppose by distributing the coins on behalf of the ICO campaign. At least it's what I understand.
Blockchain will do the due diligence for people (more lazy they can be so) and can serve as an authority in a near future. Most ICO will beg to partner with blockchain.com hehe

I think we need to wait 6 more days to know for sure what Big is Coming.

Long tried to penetrate but did not understand. They will release a separate wallet or you need to have Bitcoin Core installed or will the same Ledger be enough? I saw the news a few days ago, but did not understand anything.

"Our next big thing is small."
yes... I got a feeling this has something to do with hardware wallet
that 'small' reminds me of hardware wallet which usually quite small in the size of usb
the countdown timer shows 5days 22hours... so we still have plenty time for guessing games :D

would people really trust a Blockchain.com's hardware wallet?
i wouldn't trust it to be honest. they have a bad track record of nasty bugs like the one where they were using random.org for generating a random number for the internal cryptography.

I have just subscribed on the page to get the information once the countdown stops. There are lot of speculation going on the next big thing that blockchain.com is going to be announced. Let us try some as well.

1. Blockchain is going to introduce the support for ERC tokens.
2. Blockchain will implement segwit
3. Blockchain will add support and a separate platform for ICOs and airdrops

The first one looks really prominent to me but this is just a speculation. Lets wait for 6 days to know exactly how big the news will be!!

That's enough to be called "BIG" because they will stand to verify ICOs projects and also will act as anti-scam soldiers for the bounty hunters which to me will be awesome to have such in place; as we are currently facing a lot of challenges in this regard. Waiting patiently to see for myself!!!!.

SegWit (Lol) I do not think Roger Ver will allow them to do, it's one of the best ways to keep the fees low.
The same applies to the hardware wallets; their technical support is terrible so they will not do that process.
The best guesses would be:

 - Support for ERC tokens: I think that's what will happen.
 - ICOs: as members mentioned.

Great, Looks like tempting, so after what I've seen, blockchain will create a framework for airdrop programs. so later if this development has been completed it is likely that there will be a new channel on how airdrop will run, which of course this will benefit developers and participants

They also said that their "next big thing is small"  ???
As other members said maybe they are referring to the airdrop they will make.
Let's hope it will not be really "small" or it will be a real disappointment.

The news is all about the block chain.com airdrop to loyal customers and have nothing to do with the bitcoin/cryptocurrency network in general may be block chain.com want to Launce their own token and at that want to spread the information by offering airdrop free tokens to their customers.

This keeps on confusing me and now that I've got some suggestions coming from all of you, this is interesting.

The top guesses:

1. An airdrop / ICO
2. Hardware wallet

If that's an airdrop, I guess those who submitted their email to get notified will receive their tokens.  :D

Definetly something big is coming. It is my birthday this month! Jokes aside bitcoin is in good hands!

That's what I am thinking as well. If you look at how quickly they implemented Bcash, you'll realize how much of an important factor he is when it comes to deciding blockchain.com's economical roadmap.

He said in an interview that he invested in blockchain when they were operating at home, so you can imagine how Roger by far is the largest shareholder. In other words, they definitely won't be rolling out SegWit support.

It's sad though, especially with how they promised to roll out SegWit support this year. It wouldn't surprise me if they skip SegWit entirely. It's Roger pulling the strings not blockchain itself.

The big thing is already out, It's bitcoin :D These are just promotional tactics used to lure in more people to sign up for their wallets, Remember that an online wallet is extremely risky to use, They could potentially take all of the coins and run away if they chose to trick people and steal their coins, It would be really easy for them to do that. Hardware wallet? You don't really need a hardware wallet because one way or another you're gonna go online and send or receive bitcoins.

SegWit is probably one of those things that we won't see on blockchain.com for years. possibly similar to other things lacking from their platform. their focus has never been development but making profit.

as some others said it seems more likely to be ICO related and its about time they got involved with ICOs since they already have ETH and as one of the big companies they don't dislike making money! and ICO is free money from gullible people, whether they run their own ICO or only work with crap ICOs to give them some sort of legitimacy so they can scam bigger and they get paid for this service, won't matter. they will get paid nonetheless.

Hope this is a good sign for market price.
And many investors will look at the blockchain system again and make crypto great again :D

I saw this on Google ads too and was like we are waiting but the new thing should be a very big thing that must be new in cryptocurrency ecosystem , and on not implementing the segwit but working on bch wallet could be a bias idea but I know they won't be cause if their image in crypto.

Roger Ver are rumoured to have a huge influence and investment in Blockchain.com, so I would expect that he would be pushing for something that are linked to BCash.  ::)

I think they might partner up with a large exchange and change their business plan, like Circle did a few years ago. They might even make BCash their default coin.  ::)

A Trezor or Ledger partnership would be a positive move.  :P

Roger Ver has plans to launch its own trading platform and make Bitcoin Cash (BCH) their base currency, (https://blockonomi.com/roger-ver-exchange/). And it also says that he is looking for partner or something but I'm not sure if he has tied up to Blockchain.com to create this new exchanges from ground up.

yes I'm sure something big will come, but don't know when something big will come, hopefully something big will come soon and hopefully this is a good sign for the market price to increase soon.

Whatever it is, hopefully it will benefit us.
And just like everyone guesses, it will soon supported erc20 token based and more likely become a multi wallet.
Maybe a coinomi inspired wallet.

Could be a bounty program together with airdrop and ICO. If true there will be a record number of participants, probably not even worth joining but I'm sure they still will.

Exactly, its going to be flooded but that's good in a way- the more showing interest the better

I doubt it.

I really can't imagine how people would join an ICO (people still buy shitcoins and tokens ? really?) made by a web wallet (i am still wondering how people can be that uneducated to use an online wallet).


Webwallets need to be abandoned. And i am sure this will happen. But it will take some more time.

I think the few people who lost money through all of these vulnerabilities which do only exist in web wallets, are not enough to scare the whole userbase.

But i am confident that the day will come where some smart mind will make use of all of these naive user trusting web wallets.

Many people will cry, a few will be richer. But hopefully these people will learn that using an online wallet is the most retarded thing to do (besides leaving coins on an exchange).

I'm pretty sure that if they end up doing something with ICO's, it will definitely not be fueling Ethereum, but BCash. Roger is known to eliminate or block that what grants its closest competitors more economical power, and for that exact reason he will not mess around with Ethereum and other coins.

For those who follow BCash 'development' lately, it's clear that one of their highest priorities right now is to have ICO's and other applications be hosted and built on top of BCash. ViaBTC raised $30 million (very likely that most of these funds were coming from Bitmain, lol) with it's ICO on top of BCash, and I'm sure that that more will follow. He also said that he expects BCash to have a higher market cap than Ethereum, so we'll see where this goes.

They promised to deliver SegWit by 2018 Q1 or Q2 If I remember correctly. Call me a conspiracy theorist, but as long as Roger ver is an investor there, they're really not going to do something that benefits the bitcoin community in general so It's very unlikely to be SegWit, my guess is that it would be an exchange.

Which translated into layman terms will probably come down to the following;

 "We've thought of another idea to squeeze as much money as possible out of you fools still using our outdated, limited, web wallet. Stay tuned!"

Blockchain.com must cost a ton of money to be kept working, servers et al, while they don't really have any business model at all..?



It's primary function right now is to serve as a beaconing tool to show how ''shitty'' bitcoin is, by not implementing segwit, RBF. I neither would be surprised if they're trying to push BCash even harder somehow.


That's a nice way to launder money. ICO-"washtrade-esque" it.  ::)

I hope it's Segwit. I hope Bull returns with Segwit. I hope that the market will continue to rise as well as every November. I just have hope.

Is it worth submitting an email to them or is it going to be total peanuts we’re talking about here?

Is it possible that bitcoin will add a smart contract to its network? I am very curious, what is something new about bitcoin like  ???

With the slow support they have, you'll probably receive a reply when It's too late, so better wait for the countdown.

lol.. yes i have experience with support.. they answered me after 2 days..

I waited 2 days for confirm email tologin..