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No, SegWit decoupled (segregated) the witness data from the signature data. Also the signature data has a lower “weight” now. It also happens to have been a s
by janandonly 2y ago
No, SegWit decoupled (segregated) the witness data from the signature data.
Also the signature data has a lower “weight” now.
It also happens to have been a soft fork for Bitcoin where the block size was increased to roughly 4 MB.
- Dylan16807 2y agoBut you can discard the witness data after a short while, can't you? I don't think that was practical with the old format? Also isn't the signature part of the witness?