Friday, May 19, 2017

78% Bitcoin Hashrate Comes From SegWit-Supporting Miners: Barry Silbert

78% Bitcoin Hashrate Comes From SegWit-Supporting Miners: Barry Silbert

Digital Currency Group CEO Barry Silbert has said miners equivalent to almost 80% of the Bitcoin hashrate support SegWit and 2MB blocks.

Having publicly stated his own preference for Bitcoin scaling, Silbert then reported he had signed up “over 50 bitcoin companies from ~20 countries” to support the same.

Later Wednesday, Silbert confirmed “78.3%” of the total hashrate was now coming from miners wanting his scaling solution.

The findings gathered significant responses from the community, from which emerged more of the confrontational exchanges seen throughout the scaling debate.

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