September is almost over, only 1 month left until segwit2x becomes active. segwit2x tries to do as much damage as possible to bitcoin. they steal the name, they don't activate replay protection, and much more. they are even hiding there nodes:
Adding command-line arg to hide segwit2x service bit
source:
https://github.com/btc1/bitcoin/pull/109with this change, bitcoin clients can not detect and disconnect segwit2x nodes from the network. Nodes that relay invalid blocks (segwit2x blocks) will become banned and this leads to a fragmented network.
A few weeks ago I read this comment on twitter. sadly it's already deleted but you can still find it on google if you search for it:
Can't wait to turn your ASICs into bricks.
bitcore dev's are threatening to change the PoW algorithms. this is the ultimate last option to fight off the segwit2x/bcash attack. this would also make the ASIC mining hardware worthless.
so my question is, is there really a possibility for a pow change and what are the consequences of such a big change?