Bitcoin Q&A: SegWit and Transaction Malleability
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 Published On Apr 10, 2019

What is transaction malleability? Can transaction IDs be changed? How does Segregated Witness make the Lightning Network easier to run? When will we have multi-party channel funding and channel balancing with BOLT 1.1.? Are SegWit transactions seen by old nodes as 'anyone can spend'? Is SegWit enough to improve scalability for mass adoption? Do you think we will get more privacy in the Bitcoin protocol before ossification sets in?

Chapters
0:00 Can you explain transaction malleability?
4:40 Can you please clarify why SegWit makes it easier for the Lightning Network to run?
6:40 Is it always the case that two parties need to reserve the same amount of funds for a payment channel?
12:35 SegWit improve scalability, but is it enough for the future of mass adoption? Is scalability not one of the main issues with cryptocurrency? How can it be solved?
16:07 Is scalability one of the main issues of cryptocurrencies? How can it be solved?
17:50 Do you think Bitcoin will get anonymity in time before that window closes?

These questions are from the February monthly subscriber session and the fifth session of MOOC 11, which took place on February 23rd and March 1st 2019, respectively.

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