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Re: What has been the most memorable Bitcoin upgrade to date?
by
dothebeats
on 19/02/2020, 08:20:00 UTC
On the top of my head, probably BIP39[1]. It's the reason why we can use mnemonic phrase backups(those 12-24 word backups that are always recommended that you store offline) with our SPV[2] wallets like Electrum today.


[1] https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039.mediawiki
[2] https://en.bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/Simplified_Payment_Verification

Probably this. Was about to say Segwit and the day I saw bc-- addresses but this definitely took me to a rather poor memory of my first searches for bitcoin. I was, for the most part of 2013 (especially July) having a hard time storing all private keys and determining which is which. Perhaps that was one of the reasons why I left bitcoin and returned in 2014 where everything was relatively easy (at least for me) to operate.

Segwit also takes a spot due to the drama it has generated since its initial documentation. It also took a couple of months before services and other explorers implemented the new format.