In short, this upgrade allows for the separation of transaction data and
signature data within Bitcoin blocks.
Not exact matches
As disappointing as the news was, it was par for the course; picking out the tiny
signatures of planets
within trillions of bytes of
data is notoriously difficult.
Segregated Witness (SegWit), the update implemented to the BTC chain on August 1, instead creates more space
within the 1 MB block size by removing part of the
signature data from each transaction.
SegWit solves part of Bitcoin's scalability problems by removing
signature data from transactions, or «segregating» it, allowing for more transactions to be fit
within a block by freeing up space that was previously occupied by these
signatures.