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Everything about SegWit
Soft fork change in the transaction format of Bitcoin
Segregated Witness (SegWit), formally known as Segregated Witness (Consensus layer), is an implemented soft fork change in the transaction format of bitcoin. Wikipedia →
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- Read the landmark paper: What drives Bitcoin fees? Using SegWit to assess Bitcoin’s long-run sustainabilityCited 7 times
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