Sending BTC to a SegWit address requires a compatible Bitcoin wallet and offers benefits like reduced fees and faster transactions. As you navigate through this process, consider using the ...

BitGo says it is changing from default wrapped segwit (P2SH-P2WSH) receive addresses to native segwit (P2WSH), which “require 25% less data to spend — translating to lower fees.” Since the beginning, ...

Cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX added support for native segregated witness (SegWit) addresses for Bitcoin (BTC) withdrawals, which lets users pay lower transaction fees. According to an announcement ...

GreenAddress (and its reimplementation GreenBits), the Bitcoin wallet that was acquired by blockchain infrastructure company Blockstream last year, is the first mobile wallet to offer Segregated ...

Crypto exchange Bitstamp, recognized as one of the 10 exchanges with “real” trading volumes by Bitwise, has added full support for SegWit (bech32) bitcoin addresses. The move will allow Bitstamp’s ...

Bitcoin OG Willy Woo has suggested a way to keep your Bitcoin safe until there’s a solution to the quantum Bitcoin threat — hodling your Bitcoin in a SegWit wallet for around seven years. Quantum ...

Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex has announced it is adding withdrawal support for native SegWit (bech32) addresses, which will start with the characters "b1." Native SegWit is a more weight-efficient ...

The Coinbase wallet and exchange service has fixed a bug in the payment gateway system which caused users to lose their funds from Bitcoin transactions via the platform. The issue emerged two weeks ...

It’s been over a year since the scaling upgrade known as segregated witness, or SegWit, was activated on the bitcoin network. Even so, only an estimated 36 percent of all bitcoin transactions are ...