Segwit2x Developers Set Date For Bitcoin Hard Fork At Block 494,784
Aug 23, 2017 · 1 min read
Bitcoin developers behind the controversial Segwit2x fork which split the blockchain and produced a new Bitcoin Cash cryptocurrency, have announced a set date for a second hard fork today. Segwit2x goal is to upgrade and increase bitcoin’s blockchain block size from 1MB to 2MB allowing for higher transaction capacities on the network.
Segwit2x developers plan to allow bitcoin miners to run the new software at block 494,784 on the blockchain which they predict will occur sometime in November 2017. The Segwit2x announcement is not yet public, but is expected to be released later today. The draft post is currently live on a website related to the project and reads:

