Since the SW is activated, how can a user now send a SW transaction?
E.g., I'm using an Electrum wallet, a BitPie wallet, and have a qt full node, and sometimes I also send from/to an exchange or shapeshift.
That whether a transaction is SW or not, depends on the sending address, receiving address, or both? How can I create a SW transaction to lower the fee?
Ledger has supported Segwit recently.
Bitcoin Core is another option but you can only do so using CLI at the moment.
Electrum dev said on github that next version will be released soon letting you create and send segwit addresses.
IMO, most major wallets are ready for segwit. They just didn't let you do so before Segwit finally activated.
It's good for whoever already used ledger wallet or bitcoin core which can transact through segwit chain.
There are over 24K unconfirmed transactions and
BTC7 total fees right now, better than yesterday obviously which reached over 80K unconfirmed transactions. Usually I checked current network regarding unconfirmed transactions to predict how much fees to be paid and how long I should wait for the transaction to be confirmed.
I do not use ledger wallet or bitcoin core, but I can confirm current fees through blockhain.info walet is convenience around
BTC0.00022218 for
BTC0.0535, but not for electrum, still have to pay high fees for small amount transaction. Electrum devs takes more time to update their codes.