[2017-07-11] ET: Bitcoin civil war: Currency headed for most turbulent stretch?

Bitcoin civil war: Currency headed for its most turbulent stretch yet?

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/bitcoin-civil-war-currency-headed-for-its-most-turbulent-stretch-yet/articleshow/59539115.cms

It’s time for bitcoin traders to batten down the hatches.

The notoriously volatile cryptocurrency, whose 160 per cent surge this year has captivated everyone from Wall Street bankers to Chinese grandmothers, could be headed for one of its most turbulent stretches yet.

Blame the bitcoin civil war. After two years of largely behind-the-scenes bickering, rival factions of computer whizzes who play key roles in bitcoin’s upkeep are poised to adopt two competing software updates at the end of the month. That has raised the possibility that bitcoin will split in two, an unprecedented event that would send shockwaves through the $41 billion market.