The other day I came across a couple of articles that left me plainly both astounded and puzzled of what's going on in the Bitcoin ecosystem, and that is the massive amount of forks planned for 2018.
I'm presenting a list with 25 of them, well... 5 of them already happened in 2017 and 3 of them are not yet announced when they're gonna exactly happen... but still... there are yet another 17!!!
Super Bitcoin (SBTC) Fork Date: 12/12/2017 — Block 498,888
BitcoinX (BCX) Fork Date: 12/12/2017 — Block 498,888
Lightning Bitcoin (LBTC) Fork Date: 18/12/2017 — Block 499,999
Bitcoin Platinum (BTP) Fork Date: 18/12/2017 — Block 500,000
Bitcoin God (GOD) Fork Date: 25/12/2017 — Block 501,225
Bitcoin Cash Plus (BCP) Fork Date: 2/1/2018 — Block 501,407
Bitcoin Uranium (BUM) Fork Date: Around 31/12/2017 — Block not yet announced
Bitcoin Atom (BCA) Fork Date: December 2017 — Block not yet announced
Bitcoin Silver (BTCS) Fork Date: December 2017 — Block not yet announced
UnitedBitcoin (UB) Fork Date: 12.12.17 – Block 498777
Bitcoin Diamond (BCD) Fork Date: 24.11.17 – Block 495866
Bitcoin Oil (OBTC) Fork Date: 12.12.17 – Block 498888
Bitcoin World (BTW) Fork Date: 17.12.17 – Block 499777
Bitcoin Stake (BTCS) Fork Date: 19.12.17 – Block 499999
Bitcoin Faith (BTF) Fork Date: 19.12.17 – Block 500000
Bitcoin Top (BTT) Fork Date: 26.12.17 – Block 501118
Bitcoin File (BIFI) Fork Date: 27.12.17 – Block 501225
Bitcoin Segwit2X X11 (B2X) Fork Date: 28.12.17 – Block 501451
Bitcoin Pizza (BPA) Fork Date: 01.01.18 – Block 501888
Bitcoin Smart (BCS) Fork Date: 21.01.18 – Block 505050
Bitcoin Interest (BCI) Fork Date: 22.01.18 – Block 505083
Quantum Bitcoin (QBTC) Fork Date: 28.01.18 – Block TBA
Bitcoin LITE (BTCL) Fork Date: 30.01.18 – Block TBA
Bitcoin Ore (BCO) Fork Date: 31.12.17 – Block 501949
Bitcoin Private (BTCP) Fork Date: January 2018 – Block TBA
If you wanna see the details of every one of them I invite you to read the following articles:
https://99bitcoins.com/upcoming-bitcoin-forks/
http://cryptocurrencyfacts.com/2017/12/05/upcoming-bitcoin-forks-2017-2018/
So... what do you guys think? Is this a consequence of a presumable crypto bubble? Or the lack of consensus in the community? Maybe it's just that there are so many new features in cryptocurrencies that it was just a matter of time that they were gonna be included into Bitcoin (with or without consensus)... or as Roger Ver thinks: these are done by the Bitcoin Core team to disregard Bitcoin Cash XDDDDD