Weekly Roundup – July 17-23

After three years of fighting, Bitcoin has now finally agreed how to scale up their network, with Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 91 winning support from enough miners to lock in to the network, though support for SegWit is still contested, as shown here. BIP 91 became active at block 477120 on July 23, offering a path to SegWit without splitting Bitcoin into two incompatible currencies. One splinter group called Bitcoin Cash is still agitating for a hard fork, but it is not clear how much miner su