There are countless opinions on the best way to scale, plus a few options
like SegWit already in the pipeline.
Bitcoin needs to be very careful with the implementation of new technology
like SegWit and lightning network.
«I think the rise in bitcoin prices reflects the enthusiasm that the public has into bitcoin being a digital currency and new technical solutions
like SegWit, that enable more scalability and new solutions for instant payments,» Cuende said.
«SegWit was implemented in these wallets at a time when it looked
like SegWit had bigger support [in the community] than it actually had.
Certain additions like extra encryption will increase the size of transactions, while others
like SegWit will decrease the size of each transaction.
There are an estimated 12,000 nodes currently in operation on the Bitcoin network, and they collectively have the power to vote on resolutions
like SegWit 2x.
SegWit2x is more of a patch than a new upgrade
like SegWit was.
If some users don't
like SegWit, for example, they can choose not to upgrade.
During this chat, Dashjr pointed out that the proposed mechanism wouldn't work for all potential soft forks,
like a SegWit soft fork.
Big decisions
like SegWit implementation are still on the horizon for bitcoin, but that hasn't prevented mainstream investors from continuing to hear about its benefits and unique properties.
Big decisions
like SegWit implementation are still on the horizon for bitcoin, but that hasn't prevented mainstream investors from
After the proposal of Segwit started to gain traction, many developers and miners felt
like SegWit was unjustly being imposed upon them.
Not exact matches
«I'm hopeful that
SegWit in concert with Lightning Networks (
like Thunder) can help remedy a lot of the current backlog, but we won't know the impact, if any, it will have until
SegWit is deployed,» Guzmán said.
Roger Ver, CEO of Bitcoin.com (owner of news.Bitcoin.com), is perhaps the best known advocate for bitcoin cash, an oft - proposed counter to the
Segwit - based solutions
like the Lightning Network.
Even when looking at some hardcore projects such as the Lightning Network and
Segwit, or even projects
like Wimblemimble, the level of cryptography that is required is quite superficial.
In 2017 alone, we wrote articles trying to help you make sense of things
like the proposed Bitcoin Unlimited fork, the proposed
SegWit fork and then the (actual) Bitcoin Cash fork.
Since
SegWit isn't looking
like a sure thing, have you looked into implementing payment channels as a centralized service similarly to what they are doing with the Yours Network?
In 2017 alone, we wrote articles trying to help you make sense of things
like the proposed Bitcoin Unlimited fork, the proposed
SegWit fork and then...
In the upcoming months, major companies
like Bitfinex and Blockchain will likely integrate
SegWit.
New technologies which require
SegWit,
like the Lightning Network, have the potential to significantly increase the usefulness of Bitcoin as a payment network and benefit customers.
For new users of Bitcoin,
SegWit may seem
like a meaningless buzzword that does not hold any value.
At that point,
SegWit will likely have more of an impact, increasing the block size to support more transactions and paving the way for more advanced scaling solutions
like Lightning Network.
In fact,
SegWit adoption would ensure additional network improvements
like Lightning Network could operate to their fullest potential.
This is not only due to Segregated Witness (
SegWit) being activated on bitcoin finally (a technology Schnorr relies on) but also the other benefits Schnorr signatures offer,
like improving privacy on certain types of transactions and reducing spam known to clog up the network.
Without
SegWit, Lightning could still operate, but issues
like transaction malleability would still hinder the network.
And when former BTCC COO and outspoken
SegWit proponent Samson Mow set up a bounty fund for the development of a UASF software implementation, it seemed
like the proposal could become a reality.
BitGo, a Bitcoin infrastructure provider for major exchanges
like Bitstamp, Kraken and OKCoin, expects to be
SegWit - ready relatively soon as well.
But Jackie said he considers
SegWit a malleability fix first and foremost, which in turn enables features
like the lightning network, atomic cross-chain transactions and other innovations.
There is also another proposal, Segregated Witness (
SegWit), which would be adopted through a soft fork and raise the block size ceiling to ~ 4 MB and also allow for further protocol improvements
like Lightning Network which would reduce the burden on block size even further with off - chain open payment channels.
«I consider
SegWit to be «Bitcoin 1.0;» it's fixing a couple of issues that are
like «beta bugs,»» de Vries said.
Industry analysts
like Cato Institute's Jim Harper said that
SegWit has perhaps suffered from the poor state of community dialogue, which he critiqued as divisive and ill - meaning.
Along with
SegWit, small block supporters also see off - chain solutions
like Lightning Network as key to scaling bitcoin.
Proposed by Bitcoin Core's developers,
SegWit's main goal is to send transactions off - chain and onto second layers
like the Lightning Network or sidechains, but it has already drawn a lot of criticism over its use of a 1:4 ratio, which some miners pointed out as a political decision that will bind bitcoin's trajectory for years regardless of technical factors.
In 2017 alone, we wrote articles trying to help you make sense of things
like the proposed Bitcoin Unlimited fork, the proposed
SegWit fork and then the (actual) Bitcoin Cash fork.
SegWit's goal is to boost the blockchain's transaction capacity by sending transactions off - chain and onto second layers
like the Lightning Network, which is all about creating a global credit network that will tie up funds for at least half year, and really, how many people have six months available to place into a bank?
The progress of developments (
like the much - hyped Lightning Network), as well as the business models of many startups, arguably depend on
SegWit's implementation.
Among these proposals is Bitcoin Core's Segregated Witness, or
SegWit, whose main goal is to send signature data or witnesses off - chain and onto second layers
like the Lightning Network or sidechains to fit more transactions into the current 1 MB block size.
Like many other developers involved with Bitcoin Core, Schnelli views Segregated Witness (
SegWit) as a viable alternative to simply increasing the block size limit.
He noted that DLC does not require any changes to bitcoin, but it (
like many others in the space) will work better when a coding optimization known as
SegWit is activated on bitcoin - if it ever is.
The main goal of
SegWit is to send transactions off - chain and onto second layers
like the Lightning Network or sidechains, which viaBTC said «are not equal to bitcoin's peer - to - peer on - chain transactions,» noting that «LN will also lead to big payment «centers,» and this is against bitcoin's initial design as a peer - to - peer payment system.»
Tadge Dryja, who recently joined the DCI as a researcher, presented a proposal for Lightning Network, which he co-created, in which he made the case for
SegWit's benefits to projects
like his own.
The wallet is capable of
segwit nested p2sh addresses, which look
like regular p2sh addresses, and also native
segwit addresses, which are more efficient and provide a greater degree of scalability.
Just
like for Litecoin, market knows
SegWit is awesome.
«This doesn't work for something
like Segregated Witness (
SegWit) of course,» he said, referring to a bitcoin code change that fueled a two - year debate in the community over the technical direction of the protocol.
This effort was, to a large extent, spearheaded by proponents of a block size limit increase and opponents of the Segregated Witness (
SegWit) protocol upgrade,
like Bitmain and Bitcoin.com.
Sources estimate a 50/50 split between those supporting Core's new
SegWit - based solution and alternative protocols
like Bitcoin Unlimited, which openly lobby for larger transaction blocks.
So if you are a regular user and would
like to use the new features or want to maintain top - notch security, you now have two weeks to upgrade to software that enforces
SegWit.
Much
like P2SH, most won't be implementing
SegWit from scratch, but will instead use one of the many Bitcoin libraries that has done the protocol level work and effectively pushed the additional complexity under the hood.
BCC looks
like an appeal to the segment of the Bitcoin users that they don't
like Segregated Witness or
SegWit.