> stealing the network away from the Core development group In theory, the "economic majority" controls the consensus rules, not miners or developers. https://

> stealing the network away from the Core development group In theory, the "economic majority" controls the consensus rules, not miners or developers. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Economic_majority https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Economic_majority I'm guessing Core will be prepared to reluctantly merge segwit2x's consensus rules and release a new version in the case that segwit2x succeeds. Core wouldn't lose much market share if they act quickly.