Alerts: BIP148/91: update with post-91 disruption risk

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title: "Potential network disruption"
shorturl: "potential-split"
active: true
banner: "Warning: potential network disruption starting July 31st"
banner: "Warning: wait for extra confirmations starting July 22"
## 7/12 to 7/28: "warning" (orange); 7/29 until resolution: "alert" (red)
bannerclass: "warning"
---
{% assign start='<span class="date">2017/08/01 00:00 UTC</span>' %}
*Last updated: <span class="date">2017/07/13 11:21 UTC</span>. This
*Last updated: <span class="date">2017/07/21 12:00 UTC</span>. This
page will be updated when new information becomes available. See the
[list of updates][].*
Starting at approximately <span class="date">2017/07/23 00:00
UTC</span>, Bitcoin [confirmation scores][confirmation scoring] may
become less reliable than normal for a period of up to a month.
Users are advised to wait for more confirmations than they usually would
before accepting any payment as final. Bitcoin.org's usual
[recommendation][confirmation scoring] during network disruption is to
wait for 30 confirmations.
We also recommend monitoring this page and other Bitcoin news sites for
additional information and updates.
*Outdated information from earlier versions of this post follows.*
## Chain split
Since Bitcoin's inception, its network has facilitated hundreds of millions of
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summarize major changes, with the most recent changes being listed
first.
- <span class="date">2017/07/22 12:00 UTC</span>: describe possible
unreliability of confirmation scores starting July 22 or 23.
- <span class="date">2017/07/13 11:21 UTC</span>: add general info about split.
- <span class="date">2017/07/12 12:00 UTC</span>: initial version.