Bitcoin Cash Major Upgrade Planned Tomorrow, Market Shrugs It Off

Bitcoin Cash will be having an update tomorrow which has been planned and discussed meticulously for months. However, the upgrade has been largely under-discussed in the greater cryptocurrency industry—perhaps an indication of Bitcoin Cash’s fading relevance.

The Bitcoin Cash Network Upgrade: What to Expect

Two changes are expected to take place for Bitcoin Cash tomorrow.

1. A ‘minimaldata rule’ will be applied which means that transactions on Bitcoin Cash will now be ‘non-malleable.’ Now, the majority of transactions on the network won’t be malleable by third parties and transactions can’t be tampered with.
2. There will be support for Schnorr signatures on Bitcoin Cash. This will allow for more complex multi-signature transactions

As of now, around 68% of all BCH nodes are prepared and voted in favor of the upgrade. All the major players in the Bitcoin Cash world—Bitcoin AMB, Bitcoin Unlimited, BCHD, and so on—have agreed to conduct the upgrade. Currently, there are around 1,500 public nodes which have been stable at this level since the beginning of this year. On the user end of things, there won’t be any immediate changes. It is just expected to make the network more secure.

Market Doesn’t Seem to Care

Despite many within Bitcoin Cash circles believing this to be a fundamental upgrade, the market has responded coldly. The update is tomorrow and the asset is trading down -2.73% at the time of writing. It is up for the year, however, from its lows of $90 during December 2018—currently trading at around $278. Mr. Backwards (@Coin_Shark) had an amusing prediction on what will follow the upgrade. He expects an artificial price collapse after the update after which he will long the red candle and sell in ‘disgusting profit’ 2 weeks later.

Tomorrow $BCH will have its chain upgrade.

What would be nice imo:

– severe price DOWNGRADE
– longing the red scamwick
– sell in disgusting profit ~2 weeks later pic.twitter.com/j0VoECZGGQ

— Mr. Backwards ® (@Coin_Shark) November 14, 2019

In all, it just underscores the fact that the market does not seem to be all that interested in Bitcoin Cash as an independent asset at the moment. For example, the asset was adopted in Japan only a couple of months ago and received little to no fanfare. It just seems to loosely follow Bitcoin, and this upgrade does not seem like it will break this general tendency.

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