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November 8, 2017Protocol & scalingChain splitsdocumented

SegWit2x organizers cancel the planned hard fork

Backers of SegWit2x suspended its two-megabyte hard fork after concluding that the change lacked sufficient consensus.

The proposal had support from several large miners and companies but faced sustained opposition from many users and Bitcoin Core contributors. Its cancellation avoided an imminent chain split under the SegWit2x schedule.