The planned Segwit2x hard fork will not be taking place. The team behind the Bitcoin (EXANTE: Bitcoin) scaling proposal called off its plans Wednesday in a brief email sent by the lead developer, Forbes reported.
Mike Belshe, CEO and co-founder of bitcoin wallet software provider BitGo, one of the leaders of the Segwit2x project, argued that the scaling proposal was too controversial to move forward.
He wrote: "Unfortunately, it is clear that we have not built sufficient consensus for
a clean block size upgrade at this time. Continuing on the current path could divide the community and be a setback to Bitcoin’s growth. This was never the goal of Segwit2x."
"Until then, we are suspending our plans for the upcoming 2MB upgrade," he added.
The note is also signed by companies that originally supported the plan, forged at an in-person meeting in May, including CEO and co-founder Mike Belshe, Xapo CEO Wences Casares, mining pool Bitmain co-founder Jihan Wu, Bloq CEO and co-founder Jeff Garzik, Blockchain CEO and co-founder Peter Smith and Shapeshift CEO and founder Erik Voorhees.
The group still has hopes that the block size will be increased further down the line, once there is more agreement from stakeholders.
The price of Bitcoin jumped above $7,800 on the news.