with the August 1st ever closer, no wonder that day after day there are many new developments. By the time of writing this note, SEGWIT2X, the proposal of scalability backed by a large number of users, as opposed to those who are working on controversial initiatives like BIP 148, has already achieved the 80% support of hashrate, giving the approval of the method Bip 91.
Now, the new platform that has opted for this measure is Coinbase, the popular ecosystem that manages exchanges with Bitcoin in no less than 190 countries around the world. In the last few hours he has contacted his clients through emails, informing that, as of August 1, as a preventive measure to UASF, he will also suspend his services with Bitcoin. The statement says the following:
The strong User branch (UAHF) is a proposal to increase the size of the Bitcoin block, which will be launched from 1 August. This branch is incompatible with the current Bitcoin rules and could create a new block chain ... if this scenario is given, Coinbase will not support that Blockchain.
for its part, the Soft User branch (UASF) is a proposal to force the Bitcoin network to accept the SegWit conditions, which could bring a lot of instability to the block chain. It is programmed to activate at the same time as the UAHF.
to ensure the safety of our clients ' funds, we temporarily suspend deposits, withdrawals and purchase/sale of BTC, started 4 hours before the activation of the branches.
Now, if you want to access the bifurcated currencies or your funds during the event, you must send your BTC from Coinbase to an external address before July 31.
Coinbase suspends its services of bitcoin the 01 of August of this year
With the August 1st ever closer, it is not surprising that day after day appear many developments in this regard. For the time of the writing of this note, SegWit2x, the proposal of scalability backed by a large number of users, as opposed to those who are working on initiatives polemics as BEEP 148, has already achieved the 80% support of hashrate, giving the go-ahead to the method beep 91.
Now, the new platform that has opted for this measure is Coinbase, the popular ecosystem that manages exchanges with Bitcoin in nothing less than 190 countries around the world. In the last few hours has been in contact with their customers through emails, informing that from August 1st, as a preventive measure to UASF, will also suspend their services with Bitcoin. The statement said the following:
The bifurcation strong user (UAHF) is a proposal to increase the size of the block of Bitcoin, which will start from 1 August. This bifurcation is incompatible with the current rules of Bitcoin and could create a new string of blocks… if this scenario occurs, Coinbase will not support such Blockchain.
For its part, the bifurcation soft of user (UASF) is a proposal to force the network Bitcoin to accept the conditions of SegWit, which could bring a lot of instability to the chain of blocks. Is scheduled to be activated at the same time that the UAHF.
To ensure the security of our customers' funds, suspend temporarily the deposits, withdrawals and purchase/sale of BTC, begun 4 hours before activation of the branches.
Now, if you want to have access to the currencies bifurcated or its funds during the event, should send their BTCS of Coinbase to an external address before 31 July".
Coinbase suspends its services of bitcoin on August 01 of this year
With the 1st of August increasingly it surrounds, it is no wonder that day by day many innovations appear on this matter. For the moment to write this note, SegWit2x, the proposal of escalabilidad endorsed by a big number of users, in contrast to those that are employed at polemic initiatives as BIP 148, already it has obtained 80 % of support of hashrate, giving the approval to the method BIP 91.
Now, the new platform that he has decided in favor of this measurement is Coinbase, the popular ecosystem that manages exchanges with Bitcoin in neither more nor less than 190 countries about the world. In the last hours it has got in touch with its clients across e-mails, informing that, from the 1st of August, like preventive measurement to the UASF, also it will suspend its services with Bitcoin. The bulletin says the following thing:
The strong fork of user (UAHF) is a proposal to increase the size of the block of Bitcoin, which will be started from August 1. This fork is incompatible with the current rules of Bitcoin and it might create a new chain of blocks … if this stage happens, Coinbase will not give support to the above mentioned Blockchain.
For his part, the soft fork of user (UASF) is a proposal to force to the network Bitcoin to accept the SegWit conditions, what might bring many instability to the chain of blocks. It is programmed to be activated at the same time that the UAHF.
To guarantee the safety of the funds of our clients, we suspend temporarily the deposits, retirement and BTC buy / sale, begun 4 hours before the activation of the forks.
Now, if he wants to have access to the forked coins or to its funds during the event, he must send its BTC of Coinbase to an external direction before July 31”.