Unfortunately , most of the villainous mirror universe is though . <| sep |> I think segwit as a softfork is an ugly hack and should not happen . Sure we are storing the transaction signatures outside the block from the viewpoint of old clients but new segwitcompatible clients still store and handle the signatures . So basically why not just simply raise the block size . Segwit just overcomplicates things . Also , I was at the Scaling Bitcoin HK conference where segwit was proposed and it just seemed . fake . Like they just pulled that one out of their ass . It was sureal . After the presentation all core devs and the major Chinese miners where sitting in one room and core tried to convince the miners that this was SUCH a great idea . It just seemed very . tryhardy ?