So i am new to the forum, but i have been a long time view of all things linus. this is my first post and i'm not sure where or how i'm supposed to do this, but for anyone interested, and hopefully for Wan show 8/4/17, i wanted to let people know that Ars Technica has a new article available. it would seem that a faction has split off of Bitcoins main group and created Bitcoin cash. so now each bitcoin became 2 bitcoins completely individual from each other. so now i'm wondering what people think happened or what this might lead to. will the prices continue to increase in this cryptocurrency nightmare era or will this split signify discontent in the market and potential for things to start going down hill for this group and maybe others?
-Waites4N1
(link to Ars Technica article: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/08/why-the-bitcoin-network-just-split-in-half-and-why-it-matters/ )
Edit: it also seems that it's a new way to combat the data limit for the transaction blocks. i am not very versed in Bitcoin functionality so i would love to see if anyone else has more information or what impact this might have on the market.