How SegWit could ruin Bitcoin

in #bitcoin7 years ago

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If you haven't heard, recently bitcoin has gone through some network upgrades. In this process a new technology known as "Segregated Witness" A.K.A. segwit has replaced the old block size of 1mb to a new and improved 8mb. What this means is that the network isn't congested, and therefore transactions can be faster, and have lower fees. Unfortunately segwit has caused some difficulties, and sending through the new segwit network has a few drawbacks, one being that in my case everytime I try to send bitcoin it always seems to have the same transaction fee of 0.00115596 BTC (worth $5.06 USD) in network fees. While this wouldn't be bad for sending large transactions, small transactions have such a high fee relative to the amount sent, it becomes unreasonable to send it in the first place. This is a huge road block for bitcoin hitting the mainstream, if this isn't fixed than how could bitcoin compete with a service like paypal, or even fiat currency? Screen Shot 2017-08-25 at 8.38.18 PM.png Our only hope at this point is services like lightning network, which is completely separate from the main blockchain. Lightning network requires no confirmations making it instant, it is essentially like Dash. Screen Shot 2017-08-25 at 8.45.36 PM.png

Only downside is that its not quite as secure, but do you really need your cup of coffee you purchased to be on the blockchain permanently? So at the end of all this what do you think? Are these the end times for Bitcoin or will ingenuity save Bitcoin? Leave your opinion in the comments.

Check out how lightning network works: https://lightning.network/
Check out how segwit works: https://segwit.org/understanding-segregated-witness-905cc712c692

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I think LTC is a sleeping giant at the moment. It has overcome most of what Bitcoin is seeing now. You may not get a fast return, but in the long run at it's current value I think the gains will be better then BTC with less capital available.

Well, I hodl everything I can including litecoin, so hopefully one of those turns out big

Once lightening network goes live the kraken will be released.

I've heard of cross compatibilty of ltc and btc in the future. Decentralized trade on the segwit blockchain. It could be huge for ltc

You can use Bitcoin Cash which is fast and fees are very cheap.