The maximum witness program size is increased from 32 to 40 bytes. This provides extra space to specify script version (for originally 16 upgradable versions to up to 16 * 2 ^ 64)
BIP141: extend max witness program size to 40 bytes #398
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jl2012 commented at 12:58 PM on June 4, 2016: contributor
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BIP141: extend max witness program size to 40 bytes
The maximum witness program size is increased from 32 to 40 bytes. This provides extra space to specify script version (for originally 16 upgradable versions to up to 16 * 2 ^ 64)
- luke-jr merged this on Jun 4, 2016
- luke-jr closed this on Jun 4, 2016
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luke-jr commented at 7:24 PM on June 4, 2016: member
I thought the plan was to simply remove size limits from both pushes?
