Iranus
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November 05, 2017, 08:33:33 PM |
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You don't have to wait until after the fork to decide whether to use a SegWit address. SegWit was activated over two months ago now and yet, for some reason, the vast majority of users are still not using it.
The main advantage is the decrease in fees due to a decrease in the size of your transaction (in the eyes of legacy nodes). As more people begin to use it, the fees begin to decrease further.
A problem is that there's not yet a standard for signing SegWit addresses, which makes verification difficult.
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