The Bitcoin Core Client Version That Provides "Full Support" to the Segregated Witness Scale (SegWit) Upgrading Technology was Finally Officially Published Monday February 26

A circular to the Core mailing list confirms the raft of upgrades in addition to the historic SegWit movement, the next publication having been announced on Github earlier this month.

" This is a new major release, including new features, various bugfixes and performance improvements, as well as updated translations, " The circular reads in echo to the Ad Github

was among the official sources confirming the release.

… and good timing, Bitcoin Core v0.16.0 was officially released: https://t.co/hYxZPK9bnq – Peter Todd (@peterktodd) February 26, 2018

As Cointelegraph reported last week, Bitcoin Core 0.16.0 marks a key milestone in the history of Bitcoin.

SegWit, which promises reduced transaction fees and processing times, has been a major demand on Bitcoin users' wish lists since its release in August 2017.

A number Large companies and suppliers of industry portfolios have been slow to implement them, causing pressure from customers.

The technology further provides the basis for groundbreaking Bitcoin updates, including so-called " second layer " solutions such as the Lightning Network which could reduce costs and delays of confirmation. near to zero

The release of Lightning's mainnet has made rapid progress with adoption since the beginning of the year despite the limited support of SegWit.