A few considerations about the B2X or (wrongly called) SegWit2x hardfork.
Website:
http://b2x-segwit.ioANN thread at BTCT:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2595620✱It has nothing to do with SegWit2x (a previous proposal)
Yes, it has the same name but no, they have nothing to do with each other.
It doesn't have the same developers or have the support of anyone (exchanges do not count).
It is not even an "update" of Bitcoin.
This is NOT a fork:
https://goo.gl/8DcGsEWhy have they chosen the name SegWit2X? Because it's free publicity and adds legitimacy, which for a scam come great.
✱It will have a premine of 2,000,000 coins (9.5%)
They forgot to add it to the website... sure 🙄
https://github.com/SegwitB2X/bitcoin2x/commit/08220e2a3c8ba8f53801302a8b7b6d6da5a39645✱They don't have a damn whitepaper (Plans are for noobs).
Is it really difficult to create a PDF with the usual tech specs and the ideas they have or the research they have done about it?
(sigh)
✱Their media
The vast majority are press releases (paid or not) but they follow, in my opinion, a very clear editorial line: confusing readers by making them believe that the coin represents the old SegWit2x proposal. (I repeat: they are NOT the same)
For what? Seeking legitimacy.
✱Their "team"
NONE of the former developers of the SegWit2x proposal is involved in this project.
To date, you cannot verify what real skills they have.
They are (
https://goo.gl/wkqZDd):
1. Jaap Terlouw - Founder - Refusing to acknowledge that he is the founder.
2. Sairam Jetty - Team Lead Developer - Completely denied any involvement with the project. Left.
3. Donna Khyuz - Business Developer - LinkedIn profile taken down. Unreachable. Supposedly denied her involvement.
4. Robert Szabo - Core Developer - Unreachable.
✱Personal opinion
This is fishy as f*ck. The fact that they have used the name of SegWit2x is already something shameful. Using the name of another project, which won't do more than confuse new users, is NOT justified.
This is crypto, everything is open source and community, but such actions will NEVER be well seen and is an insult to the developers of the first project, the SegWit2x proposal
https://segwit2x.github.ioHonestly, there are better coins and projects to pay attention to than these garbage projects.