Bitcoin.org has threatened to publicly denounce companies that back upwardly SegWit2x as well as convey non committed to treating the competing blockchains every bit separate cryptocurrencies inwards the trial of a chain split.
On Thursday, Bitcoin.org published a blog post revealing that it volition publicly denounce supporters of the controversial SegWit2x difficult fork on Oct 11. The website, which was originally founded past times Satoshi Nakamoto, serves every bit an open-source repository for bitcoin resources as well as information. As the overstep Google search effect for “Bitcoin”, the website serves every bit the gateway for many people into the cryptocurrency community.
The electrical flow domain owners of Bitcoin.org convey been vocally opposed to the SegWit2x proposal as well as the corresponding New York Agreement (NYA), fifty-fifty going then far every bit to remove links to SegWit2x supporters from the resources section. Now, only a calendar month out from the scheduled appointment for the difficult fork, Bitcoin.org is threatening to house banners on every page of the website denouncing companies that back upwardly SegWit2x.
From the announcement:
“On 2017-10-11 at noon (UTC), Bitcoin.org is planning to discover a banner on every page of the site alert users most the risks of using services that volition default to the so-called Segwit2x (S2X) contentious difficult fork. S2X companies volition hold upwardly called out past times name. To ensure that nosotros solely warn users against companies that volition genuinely pose user deposits at risk, nosotros urge all companies to publicly clarify their opinion before the higher upwardly date, either past times a highly-visible world controversy or past times commenting on Bitcoin.org number #1835 (or past times doing both).”
Specifically, the annunciation demands that companies that back upwardly the difficult fork concur to non listing the SegWit2x chain every bit “BTC” or “Bitcoin”. Additionally, they must field that they volition non produce anything to “deprive users of their bitcoins,” which may include crediting BTC deposits every bit “S2X”, automatically selling user coins derived from the master chain, or using SegWit2x software without the add-on of opt-out replay protection. Finally, the bitcoin services must commit to continuing to render normal service to the master blockchain next the fork.
The annunciation goes on to listing 50 companies it volition denounce past times mention unless they comply amongst these demands, including prominent names such every bit Coinbase, BitPay, bitFlyer, Xapo, as well as ShapeShift.
SegWit2x Supporters Respond
Unsurprisingly, SegWit2x supporters were non pleased past times the decision. BTC1 developer Jeff Garzik called the motion the latest instance of Bitcoin Core’s “culture of reprisals” which included his expulsion from the Bitcoin Core repository before this year. ShapeShift CEO Erik Voorhees was too critical of the decision:
“Using bitcoin.org for political positions… non a adept precedent,” he posted on reddit. “Don’t people hither oft condemn Roger [Ver] for using bitcoin.com inwards the same way?”
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