Segwit added or modified 4824 lines of code, you have to run & fully use it for a year to sort any bugs.
Testnets & peer review only go so far.
Yes we are planning to run it and fully use it for a year or so before releasing any wallets with segwit support.
So does it mean SegWit actually not activated for real in Groestlcoin? No one can enjoy low fee off chain transactions, cross-chain trades, etc? It's just another smoke and mirrors for pump?
This means exactly this:
CSV & Segwit has been activated for real in Groestlcoin. Meaning: all nodes are upgraded to handle/recognize segwit transactions. All exchanges are upgraded to handle/recognize segwit transactions. All miners and pools are segwit READY (if a segwit transaction was created right NOW, it would be accepted and handled by the nodes and pools).
However none of our existing wallets is capable of creating segwit transactions right now. They will get upgraded/released one by one this year (starting with Electrum-GRS as the first) to create segwit transactions.
Not even with Groestlcoin Core you can create segwit transactions through its GUI. Only way to create segwit transactions is manually craft it with groestlcoin-cli.
Same is true for LTC, BTC, VTC, VIA etc etc. If they activate Segwit, then their Core wallets will not be able to create segwit transactions untill their wallets are updated again to actual create segwit transactions.
Cross-chain trades: You need to wait untill other coins have segwit activated to do cross-chain trades.
Low fee off chain: This actually existed in Groestlcoin before we had Segwit. Use Groestlcoin Samourai. It uses payment channels for off chain transactions.
