Re:A deep dive into Bitcoin Core v0.15
by chicagomint on Saturday September 02, 2017 @05:49PM
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This was on purpose and an example of good engineering. Novice users trying to send funds to SegWit addresses before the network activated could have lost funds. The plumbing was all there to activate (and make use of via command line), however users will get access via UI in the next update.
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> however users will get access via UI in the next update.
Update after next-- we'll be doing a short release for segwit support right after 0.15.
Feature freeze for 0.15 (next release) was scheduled on July 16th ( https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/9961 ), segwit lock-in wasn't until aug 9th. We'd shortcut the process for a serious emergency, but not for something short of one.