Statement on the upcoming Bitcoin activation of Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 91 (BIP 91)
Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 91 (BIP 91, also known as Miner Activated Soft Fork) recently locked in over 90 percent of all mining hash power, signaling majority support for this proposal. BIP 91's lock in effectively makes BIP 148 (User Activated Soft Fork scheduled for August 1) obsolete and nullifies the chances of the Bitcoin network forking through UASF.
At this time, with BIP 91 locked in, we are confident that the Bitcoin network will successfully activate and enforce BIP 91 blocks. Bittrex will be monitoring this situation closely. We do not anticipate any issues with BIP 91 activation. However, Bittrex will close deposits and withdrawals of Bitcoin (including 2nd layer protocol XCP/OMNI and associated assets) 4 hours prior to the BIP 91 activation block 477,120 anticipated to be at July 23, 12am PST (7am UTC). The wallet will remain closed until the majority hash power chain is clearly established. Trading will remain active during this time. In the event of a chain split, Bittrex will take all reasonable steps to ensure that customer funds can be preserved on both chains.
Further information:
BIP 91: Reduced threshold Segwit Miner Activated Soft Fork (MASF)
BIP 148: Mandatory activation of segwit deployment (UASF)
BIP 91 Has Locked In. Here’s What That Means (and What It Does Not)
BIP 91 Locks In: What This Means for Bitcoin and Why It's Not Scaled Yet
UASF/Segwit2x Scenarios and Timelines
hello. i understand it to mean you can't deposit or withdraw bitcoin until they give the all clear signal. i think you can still trade within bittrex but you can't take any thing out or put any in. it should clear up soon, i hope. peace.
That's what I was thinking. I wanted to buy a few altcoins today but to me it looked like it's saying I shouldn't send Bitcoins there for now.
Yah that makes sense.. oh well why would you want to withdraw your bitcoin out anyways? #HODL
you can't put any bitcoin in either. yes you are right i wasn't planning on taking any out, i invested in a bunch of stuff just before this big down turn so i got to wait for it all to come back up. my vision is to be making so much bitcoin i need to get some to my private wallet you see. lol
I'm also not 100% sure on what it means but I think its just a notification to let us know that BIP 91 is locked in atm. You can still buy and sell your bitcoin so basically it's just there doing nothing.
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