<p>because the number of supporting pools is a <strong>constant</strong></p>

<p>and the percentage is calculated by last 2016 blocks after the start of signaling</p>

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<p>I expect to see some noticeable random steps (e. g. when some relatively large pool on miner starts to support segwit). Instead I see almost perfect linear dependency. Why is that? I am afraid that I miss something fundamental about segwit.</p>

<p>I painted in red what (approximately) I expect to see, while blue line is the real one. Graph is taken from <a href="https://blockchain.info/charts/bip-9-segwit" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://blockchain.info/charts/bip-9-segwit</a></p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/IprJF.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/IprJF.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

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Why is segwit support rising so smoothly?
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# Why is segwit support rising so smoothly?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-11-30)

I expect to see some noticeable random steps (e. g. when some relatively large pool on miner starts to support segwit). Instead I see almost perfect linear dependency. Why is that? I am afraid that I miss something fundamental about segwit.

I painted in red what (approximately) I expect to see, while blue line is the real one. Graph is taken from <https://blockchain.info/charts/bip-9-segwit>

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/IprJF.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/IprJF.png)

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-11-30. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

because the number of supporting pools is a **constant**

and the percentage is calculated by last 2016 blocks after the start of signaling


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