A call for consensus has been released by Bitcoin roundtable representing key players of bitcoin industry, urging the community to abstain from embracing Bitcoin Classic or any other hard fork.

The public letter signed by the heads of BTCC, BitFury, Bit-X, Genesis Mining and others urges to wait until Segregated Witness is out and increase block size “with minimal risk, taking the safest and most balanced route possible.” That includes abstaining from an immediate “contentious hard-fork” which may turn out “detrimental” to the whole ecosystem.

“We urge everyone to act rationally and hold off on making any decision to run a contentious hard-fork (Classic/XT or any other),” the letter reads.

As stated in the letter, the community is still discussing next steps and needs a consultation with Core developers, but will by no means support “rushed” or “controversial” decisions. Still, it encourages other community members to overcome differences for the sake of bitcoin’s bright future:

“We strongly encourage all bitcoin contributors to come together and resolve their differences to collaborate on the scaling roadmap. Divisions in the bitcoin community can only be mended if the developers and contributors can take the first step and cooperate with each other.”

Earlier, Bitcoin Classic 0.11.2 was released, gaining the support of Coinbase and AntPool.





Maria Rudina