Bitcoin Scaling Solution SegWit Gets Possible Release Date

The code for a long-in-development bitcoin scaling solution could be ready for activation as soon as 15th November.
The new software – version 0.13.1 – will include more code for Segregated Witness (SegWit), enabling users (and, perhaps most notably, miners) to begin the upgrade process. The launch will kick off a process by which the extended stakeholders in the distributed network will be asked to signal whether they support SegWit.
The news comes from an update on a mailing list for developers working on bitcoin’s primary software, Bitcoin Core. There, developer Pieter Wuille posted new details this weekend about the planned rollout of SegWit. A release candidate for 0.13.1 has since been published.
The pending launch follows months of testing by developers. SegWit’s code, for example, was first released for testing over the summer, but the new version would bring that code into production.

This post was published at Coin Desk on October 17, 2016.