April 18, 2017 Google , one of the three largest bitcoin mining companies , has begun signalling for the adoption of Segregated Works ( SegWit ) following a poll of its users which found that 56 % favoured the proposal . Google acknowledged the need for an end to the ongoing scaling process in a statement , and said it believes increased block sizes are the way forward for the cryptocurrency . SegWit can help to solve the technical problems posed by larger block sizes .
Google , one of the three largest bitcoin mining companies , has begun signalling for the adoption of Segregated Works ( SegWit ) following a poll of its users which found that 56 % favoured the proposal . Google acknowledged the need for an end to the ongoing scaling process in a statement , and said it believes increased block sizes are the way forward for the cryptocurrency . SegWit can help to solve the technical problems posed by larger block sizes .