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Re:Bitcoin Is Having a Civil War as It Enters a Critical Month by rothbardrand on Monday July 17, 2017 @02:17PM (#14791015)
Which do you put more stock in? What they are signaling now or what they promise in a blog post?

This makes their opposition to Segwit2X clear: https://blog.bitmain.com/en/uahf-contingency-plan-uasf-bip14...

Its clear the opposition is to Segwit-- and Segwit2X contains Segwit.

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Re:Bitcoin Is Having a Civil War as It Enters a Critical Month by ascendantlogic on Monday July 17, 2017 @02:34PM (#14791171)
http://bitcoinist.com/antpool-mines-segwit2x-block/

https://twitter.com/BITMAINtech/status/886839997440995328

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Re:Bitcoin Is Having a Civil War as It Enters a Critical Month by ascendantlogic on Monday July 17, 2017 @02:34PM (#14791176)
Segwit2x is an olive branch, they want the increased block size and are willing to implement Segwit to get it.
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