Scaling debate, SegWit deployment, and the Bitcoin Cash hard fork (2015–2018)

1. Bitcoin XT advances an 8 MB block proposal

   Aug 15, 2015Labels: Bitcoin XT, BIP101

   • Bitcoin Wiki
   • New Yorker

2. Bitcoin Core 0.11.2 ships key soft-fork groundwork

   Nov 13, 2015Labels: Bitcoin Core

   • Bitcoin org

3. SegWit proposal is assigned as BIP141

   Dec 21, 2015Labels: SegWit, BIP141

   • BIPs
   • Wikipedia

4. Bitcoin Classic proposes a 2 MB hard fork

   Jan 1, 2016Labels: Bitcoin Classic

   • Investopedia

5. Bitcoin Unlimited enters the scaling debate

   Jan 1, 2016Labels: Bitcoin Unlimited

   • Investopedia

6. New York Agreement proposes SegWit2x compromise

   May 23, 2017Labels: New York, SegWit2x

   • Investopedia
   • BraveNewCoin

7. BIP91 is defined to coordinate SegWit signaling

   Jun 1, 2017Labels: BIP91

   • Bitcoin Wiki

8. BIP91 locks in, accelerating SegWit activation path

   Jul 20, 2017Labels: BIP91

   • Bitcoin Isle
   • ProgBitcoin

9. Bitcoin Cash splits from Bitcoin at block 478,558

   Aug 1, 2017Labels: Bitcoin Cash, BCH

   • Blockchair
   • Wired

10. Bitcoin Cash introduces emergency difficulty adjustments

    Aug 7, 2017Labels: Bitcoin Cash

    • CoinDesk

11. SegWit locks in after sufficient miner signaling

    Aug 9, 2017Labels: SegWit

    • Bitbo
    • ProgBitcoin

12. SegWit activates on Bitcoin at block 481,824

    Aug 24, 2017Labels: SegWit, block 481824

    • BIPs
    • LearnMeABitcoin

13. Bitcoin.org warns users about SegWit2x risks

    Oct 11, 2017Labels: Bitcoin org

    • Bitcoin org

14. SegWit2x hard fork is suspended for lack of consensus

    Nov 8, 2017Labels: SegWit2x

    • Investopedia
    • Coinmotion

15. Bitcoin Cash replaces EDA with a new DAA

    Nov 13, 2017Labels: Bitcoin Cash

    • BHS

16. Bitcoin Cash raises block size limit to 32 MB

    May 15, 2018Labels: Bitcoin Cash

    • BHS