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I'm trying to understand how my node would interperet a SegWit transaction if I do not upgrade.

  1. Even if I do not upgrade, I should be receiving the exact same block data as everyone else, correct?

If so, let's say my node receives a block that contains a segwit transaction (i.e. one with a [marker][flag] and some [witness] data). I'm not sure how my node is going to interpret the data...

  1. If the [marker][flag] is [00][01], does my node read this as being 0 inputs and 1 output, and still consider this transaction valid?
  2. If so, how can it go about recreating the TXID from the [version][txins][txouts][locktime] if the transaction data is of the format [version][marker][flag][txins][txouts][witness][locktime]?

Basically, I don't understand how my node could receive transactions with [witness] data and still consider those blocks to be valid.

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  • Thanks Pieter. That both asked (and answered) my question more acutely.
    – inersha
    Apr 27, 2017 at 13:36

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Segwit node will convert transactions and blocks "on-the-fly" while sending them to your non-upgraded node. You will see anyone-can-spend outputs and redeems from such outputs. You will not see any additional flags, witness data and any other segwit stuff.

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  • Thanks. So basically, Segwit nodes send a stripped-down version of blocks to their connected non-Segwit nodes?
    – inersha
    Apr 27, 2017 at 13:21
  • What happens during relay? Like, if a segwit node sends a segwit transaction to an old node, is that transaction junk after that, or can a segwit node that receives the transaction from an old node reconstruct that data somehow?
    – B T
    Mar 10, 2022 at 4:25

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