Bitcoin Segregated Witness

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Bitcoin protocol upgrade
gptkbp:activatedBy 2017-08-24
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:SegWit
gptkbp:BIPNumber gptkb:BIP141
gptkbp:changes transaction format
gptkbp:enables gptkb:Lightning_Network
lower transaction fees
atomic swaps
multi-signature transactions
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bitcoin Segregated Witness
gptkbp:improves gptkb:security
scalability
gptkbp:network gptkb:Bitcoin
gptkb:Litecoin
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Pieter_Wuille
gptkbp:purpose fix transaction malleability
increase block capacity
enable second-layer solutions
gptkbp:reduces transaction size
gptkbp:separates witness data from transaction data
gptkbp:softFork true
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bitcoin_SegWit
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7