Neowin News Feed for: Segwit

Thursday saw bitcoin climb past $10,200, ending “January Sale”

Paul Hill — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 22:54:01 +0000

After a turbulent few months, bitcoin has finally bucked the downward price trend by managing get above $10,200 on Thursday. Those bullish on bitcoin say that it's in for a very good year in 2018. Read more...

Coinbase looks set to deploy SegWit in the near future

Paul Hill — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 08:34:01 +0000

Coinbase has announced that it is in the final phase of testing SegWit, before it deploys the technology on its network in the coming weeks. Coinbase has been unpopular for delivering SegWit slowly. Read more...

Bitcoin.org updates claims to reflect current reality

Paul Hill — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 18:48:02 +0000

Bitcoin.org has had to update the claims it makes about bitcoin in order to line up with reality. It removed the claim about low transaction fees and also the one about fast payments. Read more...

Bitcoin: SegWit due for activation in a couple of days, here's what it means

Paul Hill — Tue, 22 Aug 2017 15:26:01 +0000

The cost of transactions on the Bitcoin network has skyrocketed to an average of $5 per transaction in the past few weeks. With SegWit about to become active, though, we could see costs reduce. Read more...