BITCOIN DIARY: Is the great Bitcoin angst of 2017 finally over? Mmmmaybe ...
'This is what those of us in the Bitcoin community (pulls hoody further over eyes) call a SegWit Activation Kludge'
* Lance Boyle is a pseudonym. Get over it Isn't that a sight for sore eyes? A big green arrow pointing up. A nice double-figure positive percentage move. And it's been like that for a few days for Ethereum, the other digital currency, and for Bitcoin over the last few days. Aaaah. The natural order has been restored and the bulls are dipping their hooves back into the stream. The bears are heading back to their caves to hibernate. Or write new code. Or something. I can now report that my "real money" portfolio is in the black. I'm holding Bitcoin, Ethereum and something else called 'Litecoin' because it seemed churlish to ignore it when it was also on the ticker with little green arrows blinking seductively. So what has swung the sentiment? Well, apparently, most of the Bitcoin miners are giving SegWit a soft landing, reducing the uncertainty over the future of Bitcoin and the likelihood of a 'hard fork'. (See definition from Investopedia below): DEFINITION of 'Hard Fork'As it rela...
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