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Bitcoin Capacity Increases FAQ

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English

SATWEI summary

Blocks under segwit's new cost limit can reach just under 4 MB, but Anthony Towns's calculations put a block of single-signature P2PKH transactions near 1.6 MB and one of 2-of-2 multisig near 2.0 MB. The FAQ's tentative schedule has segwit deploying in 0.13.1 in October 2016, with weak blocks, IBLT or Lightning following in 2017.

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Tags

  • Scaling
  • SegWit
  • Soft fork

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