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Title: Question about 0.16 bitcoin core Post by: Ayanamirs on December 29, 2017, 12:17:02 AM What happens after the new update 0.16? What the differences? Why is everybody waiting for it?
Title: Re: Question about 0.16 bitcoin core Post by: achow101 on December 29, 2017, 07:52:09 AM 0.16 is a future release of Bitcoin Core which is planned to have full Segwit wallet support. This includes support for sending to and receiving at segwit addresses much more easily and with more robustness.
Title: Re: Question about 0.16 bitcoin core Post by: Ayanamirs on December 29, 2017, 08:17:01 AM 0.16 is a future release of Bitcoin Core which is planned to have full Segwit wallet support. This includes support for sending to and receiving at segwit addresses much more easily and with more robustness. I know it. But I don't understand why bitcoin core release it is very important. All address will be segwit by default? Other wallets over there can implement the SegWit more easily? What the big deal? Title: Re: Question about 0.16 bitcoin core Post by: achow101 on January 01, 2018, 03:05:53 AM But I don't understand why bitcoin core release it is very important. All address will be segwit by default? Other wallets over there can implement the SegWit more easily? What the big deal? It is important because many people and services use Bitcoin Core. With this release, Segwit addresses will be used by default, so, in theory, segwit's usage will greatly increase. |