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Title: [2017-08-24] SegWit Goes Live: Why Bitcoin's Big Upgrade Is a Blockchain Game-Ch Post by: sheld0n on August 24, 2017, 11:57:35 AM Block 481,824.
That's when Segregated Witness (SegWit) will activate on bitcoin late today or tomorrow morning, bringing the years-long debate over the contentious code upgrade to an official close. At that time, users will finally be able to take advantage of the long-promised technology. Looking back, it's important to note how long the change – perhaps the biggest ever made to the bitcoin software – has taken. To start, the community has been embroiled in politics since SegWit was first proposed in 2015 by Bitcoin Core contributor Pieter Wuille as a possible "compromise" to the scaling debate. Article on Coindesk (https://www.coindesk.com/50-blocks-segwit-bitcoins-coming-upgrade-blockchain-game-changer/) |