It is also actually not possible to tell if an address is a SW address until it spends funds, so it would not be possible to force users to use SW addresses.
Wrong. You can force users to use bech32, which is native SW. Failed scammer posting nonsense from busted alt.
@OP: Yes. I'm slowly pushing for that in my campaigns. The problem is that what people here consider *experienced managers*, are often people who are actually very inexperienced when it comes to Bitcoin.
Thanks Lauda, I am happy that you are. Changes should start from within the community however small. But we should let our voices be heard and we should not allow ourselves to be bullied by the "Bitcoin oligarchy".
I prefer to just use vanity addresses generated by myself as the escrow address for campaigns.
Out of all the campaigns I've managed, only 1 person has used a segwit address...
Why not start using this,
https://segwitaddress.org/.
You can also require your participants to start using Segwit addresses. Fees will be cheaper for you and for them.