Author: Anthony Towns 2016-01-30 15:48:57
Published on: 2016-01-30T15:48:57+00:00
On the Bitcoin developers mailing list, Pieter Wuille's segwit branch is discussed. While this branch doesn't have a fix for the current problem, it is suggested to add a new service bit such as NODE_SEGWIT and/or bump up the protocol version and connect only to peers with segwit support. The segwit branch has a fHaveWitness flag for each connection which is set when a HAVEWITNESS message comes from the peer, and HAVEWITNESS is sent as part of handshaking. However, BIP144 suggests changing this to a service bit. A pull request to change this to a NODE_WITNESS service bit has been made on GitHub.
Updated on: 2023-05-19T23:04:17.317012+00:00