Day 5: I will repost this guide daily until available solutions like SegWit & order batching are mass adopted, the mempool is empty once again, and transaction fees are low. ARE YOU PART OF THE SOLUTION? Unconfirmed TX's @ 175K

Day 5: I will repost this guide daily until available solutions like SegWit & order batching are mass adopted, the mempool is empty once again, and transaction fees are low. ARE YOU PART OF THE SOLUTION? Unconfirmed TX's @ 175K
/u/Borax

NOTE Just a daily repost because original OP Bastiat seems to be offline (due to holidays I guess). However, this is quite important as I see much misinformation on which exchanges use segwit or not.
Please upvote for awareness.

BACKGROUND

Subhan Nadeem has pointed out that:

If every transaction in the Bitcoin network was a SegWit transaction today, blocks would contain up to 8,000 transactions, and the ~~138,000~~ 176,000 unconfirmed transaction backlog would disappear instantly. Transaction fees would be almost non-existent once again.

A few thousand bitcoin users from /r/Bitcoin switching to making their next transactions SegWit transactions will help take pressure off the network now, and together we can encourage exchanges/wallets to rapidly deploy SegWit for everyone ASAP. Let's make it happen. You can help by taking one or more of the action steps below.

ACTION STEPS

If your favorite wallet has not yet implemented SegWit, kindly ask them to do so immediately. In the meantime start using a wallet that has already implemented SegWit.
If your favorite exchange has not yet implemented SegWit, try to avoid making any further purchases of bitcoin at that exchange and politely inform them that if they do not enable SegWit within 30-days they will lose your business. Sign-up for an account at a SegWit deployed/ready exchange now and initiate the verification process so you'll be ready to bail
Help educate newcomers to bitcoin about the transaction issue, steer them towards SegWit wallets from day one, and encourage them to avoid ever purchasing bitcoin through non-SegWit ready exchanges that are harming bitcoin

IMPORTANT NOTE: The mempool is currently overflowing. If you are a long-term holder and rea lly have no reason to move your bitcoins at this time, wait until the mempool starts to clear and transaction fees go down before moving your bitcoins to a SegWit address or SegWit friendly exchange

SELECTED TOP EXCHANGES BY SEGWIT & BATCHING STATUS

Exchange	Segwit Status	Batching Status
Binance	? NOT READY	Yes
Bitfinex	Not deployed	?
Bitonic	Not deployed	?
Bitstamp	Deployed	Yes
Bittrex	?	Yes
Coinbase/GDAX	NOT READY	No
Gemini	Not deployed	No
HitBTC	~~Ready~~ Deployed	Yes
Huboi	?	?
Kraken	Not deployed	Yes
LocalBitcoins	Not deployed	?
OKEx	?	?
Poloniex	Not deployed	Yes
QuadrigaCX	Deployed	Yes
Shapeshift	Deployed	No

Source 1(http://ift.tt/2BA50qK)
Source 2

After seeing this, is it any wonder that 90% of transactions on the network are not using the SegWit technology? And then is it any wonder that fees are ridiculous?

WALLETS

Make sure you have a SegWit capable wallet installed and ready to use for your next bitcoin transaction. Next time you need to send a transaction, use "pay to many" and set your second recipient to be your address in a SegWit wallet you control. However, if you have received a lot of payments to your old software, be aware that this could be a large (bytes) transaction and therefore you might be better off waiting. You will have to decide whether it's worth taking the hit now to prevent wasting money on fees in the near future vs not spending any coins until SegWit adoption is higher.

SegWit Enabled Wallets	Wallet Type
Ledger Nano S	Hardware
Trezor	Hardware
Electrum	Desktop
Armory	Desktop
Edge	iOS
GreenAddress	iOS
BitWallet	iOS
Samourai	Android
GreenBits	Android
Electrum	Android

TODAY's NEWS/DEVELOPMENTS/VICTORIES

MEMPOOL/SEGWIT STATISTICS

BitInfoCharts.com - Average Transaction Fees - median $24USD per Tx
Blockchain.info - Unconfirmed Transactions - 176K Unconfirmed Tx's
SegWit Charts - 10% SegWit Tx's

FAQs

If I'm a HODLer, will it help to send my BTC to a SegWit address now?

No, just get ready now so that your NEXT transaction will be to a SegWit wallet. Avoid burdening the network with any unneccessary transactions for now.

Can you please tell me how to move my bitcoins to SegWit address in Bitcoin core wallet? Does the sender or receiver matter?

The Bitcoin core wallet does not yet have a GUI for its SegWit functionality. Download Electrum v3.0.3 to generate a SegWit address.

A transaction between two SegWit addresses is a SegWit transaction.

A transaction sent from a SegWit address to a non-SegWit address is a SegWit transaction.

A transaction sent from a non-SegWit address to a SegWit address is NOT a SegWit transaction. You can send a SegWit Tx if the sending address is a SegWit address.

Source

What wallet are you using to "batch your sends"? And how can I do that?

Using Electrum, the "Tools" menu option: "Pay to many".

Just enter your receive addresses and the amounts for each, and you can send multiple transactions for nearly the price of one.

Why doesn't the Core Wallet yet support SegWit?

The Core Wallet supports SegWit, but its GUI doesn't. The next update will likely have GUI support built-in

Why isn't a large exchange like Coinbase SegWit ready & deployed when much smaller exchanges already are? Why do they default to high fees? Where is the leadership there?