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[[File:NYA-main-points.png|thumb|The opening text of the New York Agreement]]The '''Bitcoin Scaling Agreement at Consensus 2017''', better known as the '''New York Agreement''' (abbreviated '''NYA'''), was a scaling proposal made jointly by over 50 companies. The agreement intended to put an end to Bitcoin’s [[Block size limit controversy|long-lasting scaling debate]] by increasing the block capacity through activating [[Segregated Witness]] and then [[SegWit2x|doubling the block size]]. | [[File:NYA-main-points.png|thumb|The opening text of the New York Agreement]]The '''Bitcoin Scaling Agreement at Consensus 2017''', better known as the '''New York Agreement''' (abbreviated '''NYA'''), was a scaling proposal made jointly by over 50 companies. The agreement intended to put an end to Bitcoin’s [[Block size limit controversy|long-lasting scaling debate]] by increasing the block capacity through activating [[Segregated Witness]] and then [[SegWit2x|doubling the block size]]. | ||
| − | The protocol change specification is given in [https://github.com/btc1/specifications/blob/master/PCS/PCS-2017-0002-segwit2x.md PCS-0002]. | + | The protocol change specification is given in [https://github.com/btc1/specifications/blob/master/PCS/PCS-2017-0002-segwit2x.md PCS-0002]. It is based on the [https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2017-March/013921.html "Segwit2Mb" thread] on the bitcoin-dev mailing list and the [https://medium.com/@DCGco/bitcoin-scaling-agreement-at-consensus-2017-133521fe9a77 NYA blog post]. |
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Latest revision as of 15:07, 11 January 2018
The Bitcoin Scaling Agreement at Consensus 2017, better known as the New York Agreement (abbreviated NYA), was a scaling proposal made jointly by over 50 companies. The agreement intended to put an end to Bitcoin’s long-lasting scaling debate by increasing the block capacity through activating Segregated Witness and then doubling the block size.
The protocol change specification is given in PCS-0002. It is based on the "Segwit2Mb" thread on the bitcoin-dev mailing list and the NYA blog post.
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