Is it really cancelled? I thought it's just suspended. This expectation to the fork already caused a huge rise in bitcoin price and a huge drop on altcoins' price. I hope corrections happen fast before they announce the fork again.
The article I read says "suspended until a consensus is found in the community". Which pretty much means suspended until 2018 or 2019, not sure when a consensus will be found even though I personally think the fork was a good thing. If Bitcoin does not evolve for the better, it will die. Competition from other cryptos is strong.