# Does peercoin use the newer Segregated Witness (SegWit) format for wallet techanology in latest version

**URL:** <https://discourse.peercoin-library.org/t/does-peercoin-use-the-newer-segregated-witness-segwit-format-for-wallet-techanology-in-latest-version/15997>\
**Category:** Protocol\
**Created:** [March 8, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://discourse.peercoin-library.org/t/does-peercoin-use-the-newer-segregated-witness-segwit-format-for-wallet-techanology-in-latest-version/15997 "2023-03-08T14:04:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![deeeee\_do](https://discourse.peercoin-library.org/user_avatar/discourse.peercoin-library.org/deeeee_do/32/4374_2.png) [@deeeee\_do](https://discourse.peercoin-library.org/u/deeeee_do)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://discourse.peercoin-library.org/t/does-peercoin-use-the-newer-segregated-witness-segwit-format-for-wallet-techanology-in-latest-version/15997/1 "2023-03-08T14:04:17Z")

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i want to know peercoin still need to use legacy wallet support ?? its new version change to descriptor wallet .If newl compile and build peercoin , does still need to use berkleyDB 4.8 ?

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**Author:** ![peerchemist](https://discourse.peercoin-library.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@peerchemist](https://discourse.peercoin-library.org/u/peerchemist)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 9:41am UTC](https://discourse.peercoin-library.org/t/does-peercoin-use-the-newer-segregated-witness-segwit-format-for-wallet-techanology-in-latest-version/15997/2 "2023-03-09T09:41:41Z")

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Peercoin uses segwit since version v0.8.

Descriptor wallets are introduced in v0.12.

BerkleyDB 4.8 is only used if you need to maintain backward compatibility.