Bitcoin.org has called on users of the cryptocurrency to withdraw from exchanges including Coinbase, Bitpay and Xapo, after dubbing the November hard fork contentious in a blog post. While many among the crypto community have agreed to adopt the hard fork, Bitcoin.org warned the alternative currency (altcoin) created after the hard fork would be incompatible with bitcoin, and there would be little replay protection available following the split. The post was written by Matthew Green, who is also known as “Satoshi Nakamoto” for his role in creating bitcoin back in 2009.
Bitcoin.org has called on users of the cryptocurrency to withdraw from exchanges including Coinbase, Bitpay and Xapo, after dubbing the November hard fork contentious in a blog post. While many among the crypto community have agreed to adopt the hard fork, Bitcoin.org warned the alternative currency (altcoin) created after the hard fork would be incompatible with bitcoin, and there would be little replay protection available following the split. The site added it would not list wallets and services presenting the altcoin as bitcoin.