Calm Before the Fork – Segwit2x Goes Silent as Bitcoin Split Looms "It's sort of like the quiet tension before a battle." That's how Jean-Pierre Rupp, a developer at bitcoin wallet provider Blockchain, described the current state of Segwit2x development. With the code labeled "production ready," and the work of contributors like Rupp nearly complete, the main step left is the activation of the code, scheduled for late November. That's when the next stage of bitcoin's scaling debate, as they…