<p>The standardness limit in all recent Bitcoin Core versions with SegWit support is 400000 weight.</p>

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2017-11-22T17:58:21.847Z
2017-11-22T17:58:21.847Z
Pieter Wuille
<p>Before SegWit was activated, transactions were limited to 100,000 bytes or 100 kB. Bigger transactions were non-standard.</p>

<p>What is the limit for transaction size after the activation of SegWit?</p>

<ul>
<li>Is the virtual size limited to 100,000 vbytes?</li>
<li>Is the raw size limited to 100,000 bytes?</li>
<li>Is there a new limit altogether?</li>
</ul>

<segregated-witness><block-weight><transaction-weight>
What is the maximum size for SegWit transactions?
Murch
# What is the maximum size for SegWit transactions?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-11-22)

Before SegWit was activated, transactions were limited to 100,000 bytes or 100 kB. Bigger transactions were non-standard.

What is the limit for transaction size after the activation of SegWit?

* Is the virtual size limited to 100,000 vbytes?
* Is the raw size limited to 100,000 bytes?
* Is there a new limit altogether?

**Tags:** segregated-witness, block-weight, transaction-weight


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-11-22. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

The standardness limit in all recent Bitcoin Core versions with SegWit support is 400000 weight.


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