[2017-06-24] What is SegWit2x and how could it affect Bitcoin?

[Crypto-News]

What is SegWit2x and how could it affect Bitcoin?

A majority of miners have started showing their preference for SegWit2x, a version of Segregated Witness that's deviating from what Core developers envision to be the solution to bitcoin's scaling issue. But what is it and what's leading bitcoin to it?

Read more here: https://www.crypto-news.net/what-is-segwit2x-and-how-could-it-affect-bitcoin/

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[paulh691]

but can they solve the basic problem that Bitcoin 1.0 is flawed - it acts like an international bank with branches everywhere but for purely political reasons only processes transactions individually through a single open teller window in Mongolia on tuesdays...

[SvenBomvolen]

What is SegWit2x and how could it affect Bitcoin?

A majority of miners have started showing their preference for SegWit2x, a version of Segregated Witness that's deviating from what Core developers envision to be the solution to bitcoin's scaling issue. But what is it and what's leading bitcoin to it?

Read more here: https://www.crypto-news.net/what-is-segwit2x-and-how-could-it-affect-bitcoin/

Nobody knows exactly what SegWit will bring to us. No doubt that it will affect on bitcoin's price, but I don't thing it will change too much. We need to hope SegWit will bring positive changes on bitcoin, like transactions will not be so slow and fees will not be so grabbing.

[wilson_bitbybit]

So, is segwit2x a new consensus among miners... At this point it is quite clear, segwit is the way to go. I just hope they're not adding garbage code to it.