Now that 2X fork is dead, Bitcoin is finally released from the dangers of a chain-split that Segwit2X posed. But how did prominent members of bitcoin community see the unexpected calling-off of the scheduled hard fork? JustCryptoNews.com investigated reactions and reports.
Marek "Slush" Palatinus, of Slush Pool, opposed Segwit2X from day 1. He reacted to the calling-off a little bit ironically: "Hey #no2x, what's next?" he tweeted.
Bitcoin developer and Blockstream co-founder, Peter Wuille, an original NO2X campaign member, commented on the issue by retweeting some thoughts of David A. Harding. The main point is that the calling-off does not make a significant difference to Bitcoin, as S2X opponents were determined to continue working on the current protocol:
My reply to a press inquiry about Segwit2x being called off. (I like sharing these replies publicly so that it's clear I'm not trying to speak on anyone's behalf.) pic.twitter.com/hzS9h23wGq
— David A. Harding (@hrdng) November 8, 2017
Blocstream's co-founder Adam Back who was one of the most fierce opponents of the S2X hard fork plan, expressed his gratitude towards S2X backers "for doing the right thing" but added that a "post-mortem" by them would be useful as a way to reflect "how to avoid" the costs and "ecosystem credibility hits" in the future.
Long-time Bitcoin developer Matt Corallo, also believes that Segwit2x's failure should be viewed as a learning experience but he is certain any changes to Bitcoin's consensus rules should have broad support from the community.
Chaincode Labs, Alex Morcos, saw it "the perfect time to finally post Excellion's hat at the summit of Mt. Everest" adding "Make Bitcoin Great Again!" and "NO2X".
Peter Todd reminded everyone who signed the Segwit2X cancellation email "in case you were wondering who to send the bill for the millions of dollars worth of engineering time wasted on this mess."
The 2X cancellation email was signed by Mike Belshe, Wences Casares, Jihan Wu, Jeff Garzik, Peter Smith, and Erik Voorhees, in case you were wondering who to send the bill for the millions of dollars worth of engineering time wasted on this mess.
— Peter Todd/mempoolfullrbf=1 (@peterktodd) November 8, 2017
Bitfury's Alex Petrov, who had supported Segwit2X, saw the announcement as great news eliminating risk and dangers. "Better to be safe!" he wrote.
https://twitter.com/sysmannet/status/928314800353968128BitGo engineer, Jameson Lopp, thought to let the market charts speak for themselves. "The market is speaking," he wrote adding a market chart of the bitcoin price boom that followed the S2X cancellation news:
Other members of the NO2X camp were pointing at the recent move by Nick Szabo against Segwit2X as the catalyst for the eventual calling-off.
While others were just mocking at S2X:
Ciphrex's Eric Lombrozo also mocked Segwit2X, saying it "would be more fun to let them f... themselves and take their money"
And then retweeted an adaptation of a famous English folk verse about the Gunpowder Plot of November 5th, 1605:
Remember, remember!
— Pavol Rusnak (@PavolRusnak) November 8, 2017
The eighth of November,
The NYA treason and plot;
I know of no reason
Why the NYA treason
Should ever be forgot!#no2x
At the time of writing, no member of the Segwit2X side has commented on the cancellation. S2X project leader, Jeff Garzik, who signer the calling-off email only retweets says that the BTC1 project will continue its stated mission as a Fedora for Bitcoin, continuing as an alternate implementation:
BitcoinFoundation's openly admitted he was wrong for supporting S2X, but added that his intentions were good.
Litecoin's Charlie Lee wondered who's going to "reimburse" him for all the time he wasted on Twitter against S2X:
https://twitter.com/alistairmilne/status/928180199006654464