SegWit2x launched, nothing disastrous happened yet

SegWit2x, or, rather, its second incarnation, has been launched, tells the official Twitter of the team. But those who remember the New York Agreement and heated debates of this autumn resulting in the cancellation of the protocol update should not be confused: this SegWit2x iteration is made by other people and even increases the block of Bitcoin differently - to 4 megabytes instead of two, as it was planned by the original team.

Coin-related media publications note that this current development team has poor experience in the field and strangely small amount of presence in the social media, which makes the whole project look shady even in comparison to the old SegWit2x. At least the New York Agreement was signed by cryptocurrency exchanges, and this update, while also called SegWit2x, does not have such a strong support. To promote it, the developers had to use paid posting in the news websites, including even VC.ru, the Russian website on venture capitalism and social media.

And due to the fact that the main features of this fork will be implemented on January 11, SegWit2x did not transform the situation on the markets today. The price of Bitcoin remains relatively steady - between 14 and 15 thousand dollars per coin at the press time, and the B2X coin is not yet traded on big exchanges. Futures on Coinmarketcap show $345 (-50% in 24 hours).