Segwit2x has garnered some controversy over the fact that it will not have replay protection. In this article, I’m going to explain what a replay attack is and how it will affect the upcoming 2x hard fork.
One of the benefits of SegWit, scheduled to activate on the network very soon, is that it fixes something called transaction malleability. In this article, I’m going to explain what malleability is and why fixing it is important.