SegWit ResourcesinSegWit ResourcesPieter Wuille @ SF Bitcoin Devs Seminar: New Address Type for SegWit AddressesApr 5, 2017Apr 5, 2017
SegWit ResourcesinSegWit ResourcesUser Activated Soft Forks: the BIP 148 alternativeThe following is borrowed from UASF.co with permissionApr 5, 2017Apr 5, 2017
SegWit ResourcesinSegWit ResourcesOn the security of soft forksOriginally sent by Pieter Wuille to the Bitcoin-dev mailing list on December 18 2015.Feb 13, 2017Feb 13, 2017
SegWit ResourcesinSegWit ResourcesLightning Channels — Segwit InsideIndividual payment channels composed as a series of interconnected links are what make the Lightning Network possible. lnd’s channel design…Feb 13, 2017Feb 13, 2017
SegWit ResourcesinSegWit ResourcesSome developers have referred to this as an ugly hack, is it accurate?It was originally thought that segregated witness could only be added to Bitcoin using a hard fork. For that reason, it was considered…Jan 17, 20171Jan 17, 20171
SegWit ResourcesinSegWit ResourcesIs SegWit a block size increase?Yes! Segregated witness replaces the block size limit with a new block weight limit, counting each byte of witness data as 1 unit of weight…Jan 13, 20171Jan 13, 20171
SegWit ResourcesinSegWit ResourcesI heard SegWit was rushed to avoid a hard fork, is that true?The idea around segregated witness has been in development for nearly two years, and variants of segregated witness have been in production…Jan 13, 2017Jan 13, 2017
SegWit ResourcesSome developers have referred to this as a hack, is it accurate?It was originally thought that segregated witness could only be added to Bitcoin using a hard fork. For that reason, it was considered…Jan 13, 2017Jan 13, 2017
SegWit ResourcesinSegWit ResourcesIs segregated witness necessary to implement the Lightning Network?Lightning Network (LN) uses payment channels with Hashed TimeLock Contracts. Both of those things are currently usable on Bitcoin mainnet…Jan 13, 2017Jan 13, 2017
SegWit ResourcesinSegWit ResourcesAre there any other alternatives to eliminate transaction malleability?BIP62 was an attempt by Core developer Pieter Wuille. A number of other ideas have been floated such as new SIG_HASH types or Christian…Jan 13, 2017Jan 13, 2017
