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CH07: drop confusing claims about segwit wallet requirements

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@ -1511,29 +1511,16 @@ As we can see from the previous examples, upgrading to Segregated
Witness is a two-step process. First, wallets must create special segwit
type outputs. Then, these outputs can be spent by wallets that know how
to construct Segregated Witness transactions. In the examples, Alice's
wallet was segwit-aware and able to create special outputs with
Segregated Witness scripts. Bob's wallet is also segwit-aware and able
to spend those outputs. What may not be obvious from the example is that
in practice, Alice's wallet needs to _know_ that Bob uses a segwit-aware
wallet and can spend these outputs. Otherwise, if Bob's wallet is not
upgraded and Alice tries to make segwit payments to Bob, Bob's wallet
will not be able to detect these payments.
wallet is able to create outputs paying
Segregated Witness scriptPubKeys. Bob's wallet is also segwit-aware and able
to spend those outputs.
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For P2WPKH and P2WSH payment types, both the sender and the recipient
wallets need to be upgraded to be able to use segwit. Furthermore, the
sender's wallet needs to know that the recipient's wallet is
segwit-aware.
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Segregated Witness will not be implemented simultaneously across the
entire network. Rather, Segregated Witness is implemented as a
Segregated Witness was implemented as a
backward-compatible upgrade, where _old and new clients can coexist_.
Wallet developers will independently upgrade wallet software to add
segwit capabilities. The P2WPKH and P2WSH payment types are used when
both sender and recipient are segwit-aware. The traditional P2PKH and
P2SH will continue to work for nonupgraded wallets. That leaves two
Wallet developers independently upgraded wallet software to add
segwit capabilities.
Legacy P2PKH and
P2SH continue to work for nonupgraded wallets. That leaves two
important scenarios, which are addressed in the next section:
- Ability of a sender's wallet that is not segwit-aware to make a