We're starting to see more and more blocks with over 25% SegWit transactions. Here are the latest 10 blocks on the Bitcoin blockchain.

Block Height	Transactions	Witness tx	Percent SegWit
511148	2,416	704	29.1%
511147	2,063	537	26.0%
511146	1,675	476	28.4%
511145	1,910	443	23.2%
511144	1274	227	17.8%
511143	1783	454	25.5%
511142	1603	377	23.5%
511141	1664	340	20.4%
511140	90	20	22.2%
511139	552	95	17.2

You can find the latest blocks here. Toggle 'Witness tx count' to see the amount of SegWit transactions.

Chart

This chart shows the latest 144 blocks average. It is at 18% right now, but the latest blocks contain even more SegWit transactions so I expect the 144 average to rise to approximately 25% in the coming hours.

Why is Segwit adoption rising?

• The Bitcoin Core development team has released version 0.16.0 yesterday which introduces full support for segwit in the wallet and user interfaces.
• Bitcoin exchange Bitfinex announced to adopts SegWit a week ago.
• Coinbase announced last week it will implement SegWit for all customers on Coinbase this week.

Why is this good news?

SegWit improves the overall transaction capacity of the Bitcoin network.

SegWit reduces the size of transactions by separating signature and transactional data. This creates more room in each block and thereby increases the volume of possible transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain. This results in lower transaction costs and shorter waiting times for the first transaction confirmation.

You can read more about SegWit on Wikipedia.

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