diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index fba5af706..6c2a93e39 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -534,3 +534,48 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         sudo apt update
         ./scripts/snap_release.sh
+
+  snap_pkg_beta:
+
+    needs:
+    - conventions
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - name: Install snap tools
+      run: |
+        sudo apt update
+        ./scripts/install_snapcraft.sh
+
+    # hack to disable msbuild detection
+    # NOTE: you might think an easier way to do this would be use container:\nimage: ubuntu22.04 and then not install msbuild,
+    #       but that doesn't work because we get the following error when trying to install snapcraft via `snap install --classic`:
+    # > error: cannot communicate with server: Post "http://localhost/v2/snaps/snapcraft": dial unix /run/snapd.socket: connect: no such file or directory
+    - name: HACK to emulate msbuild uninstall
+      run: sudo rm `which msbuild`
+
+    - name: Generate snap package
+      run: |
+        # retry 3 times because of flakey nuget; TODO: remove retry when we migrate to .NET6 (removing LEGACY_FRAMEWORK support)
+        ./scripts/snap_build_beta.sh || ./scripts/snap_build_beta.sh || ./scripts/snap_build_beta.sh || ./scripts/snap_build_beta.sh
+
+    - name: Install snap
+      # dangerous because it's a local snap (not one from the SnapStore)
+      run: sudo snap install --dangerous *.snap
+
+    - name: Test snap
+      run: geewallet --version
+
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      name: Upload snap package as artifact
+      with:
+        name: snap
+        path: ./*.snap
+
+    - name: Upload snap package to Snap Store
+      env:
+        SNAPCRAFT_LOGIN: ${{ secrets.SNAPCRAFT_LOGIN }}
+      run: |
+        sudo apt update
+        ./scripts/snap_release.sh beta
diff --git a/scripts/bump.fsx b/scripts/bump.fsx
index e0069434c..a858815ca 100755
--- a/scripts/bump.fsx
+++ b/scripts/bump.fsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ open System
 open System.IO
 
 #if !LEGACY_FRAMEWORK
-#r "nuget: Fsdk, Version=0.6.0--date20230812-0646.git-2268d50"
+#r "nuget: Fsdk, Version=0.6.0--date20231031-0834.git-2737eea"
 #else
 #r "System.Configuration"
 open System.Configuration
diff --git a/scripts/configure.fsx b/scripts/configure.fsx
index 28c0ebcec..2837b571d 100644
--- a/scripts/configure.fsx
+++ b/scripts/configure.fsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ open System
 open System.IO
 
 #if !LEGACY_FRAMEWORK
-#r "nuget: Fsdk, Version=0.6.0--date20230812-0646.git-2268d50"
+#r "nuget: Fsdk, Version=0.6.0--date20231031-0834.git-2737eea"
 #else
 #r "System.Configuration"
 open System.Configuration
@@ -187,6 +187,18 @@ let fsxRunner =
             fsxRunnerBinText
             buildConfigFile.Name
 
+let addToDefinedConstants (constant: string) (configMap: Map<string, string>) =
+    let configKey = "DefineConstants"
+    
+    match configMap.TryFind configKey with
+    | None ->
+        configMap
+        |> Map.add configKey constant
+    | Some previousConstants ->
+        configMap
+        |> Map.add configKey (sprintf "%s;%s" previousConstants constant)
+    
+
 let configFileToBeWritten =
     let initialConfigFile = Map.empty.Add("Prefix", prefix.FullName)
 
@@ -195,11 +207,21 @@ let configFileToBeWritten =
         | Some theTool -> initialConfigFile.Add("LegacyBuildTool", theTool)
         | None -> initialConfigFile
 
-    let finalConfigFile =
+    let configFileStageThree =
         match buildTool with
         | Some theTool -> configFileStageTwo.Add("BuildTool", theTool)
         | None -> configFileStageTwo
 
+    let finalConfigFile =
+        let nativeSegwitEnabled =
+            Misc.FsxOnlyArguments()
+            |> List.contains "--native-segwit"
+        if nativeSegwitEnabled then
+            configFileStageThree
+            |> addToDefinedConstants "NATIVE_SEGWIT"
+        else
+            configFileStageThree
+
     finalConfigFile
 
 let lines =
diff --git a/scripts/find.fsx b/scripts/find.fsx
index f39abb2a6..16a16b4ec 100755
--- a/scripts/find.fsx
+++ b/scripts/find.fsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ open System.IO
 open System.Linq
 
 #if !LEGACY_FRAMEWORK
-#r "nuget: Fsdk, Version=0.6.0--date20230812-0646.git-2268d50"
+#r "nuget: Fsdk, Version=0.6.0--date20231031-0834.git-2737eea"
 #else
 #r "System.Configuration"
 #load "fsx/Fsdk/Misc.fs"
diff --git a/scripts/fsx b/scripts/fsx
index 5488853b1..2737eea87 160000
--- a/scripts/fsx
+++ b/scripts/fsx
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 5488853b17fedb44707e8459480297b618cffad0
+Subproject commit 2737eea87f6bd4becda5c172c208314af044184a
diff --git a/scripts/make.fsx b/scripts/make.fsx
index 71c9e55a1..dedf4d956 100644
--- a/scripts/make.fsx
+++ b/scripts/make.fsx
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ let GetOrExplain key map =
 let prefix = buildConfigContents |> GetOrExplain "Prefix"
 let libPrefixDir = DirectoryInfo (Path.Combine (prefix, "lib", UNIX_NAME))
 let binPrefixDir = DirectoryInfo (Path.Combine (prefix, "bin"))
-
+    
 let wrapperScript = """#!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -eo pipefail
 
diff --git a/scripts/sanitycheck.fsx b/scripts/sanitycheck.fsx
index dc990fff8..b26dc3c42 100755
--- a/scripts/sanitycheck.fsx
+++ b/scripts/sanitycheck.fsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ open System.Xml.Linq
 open System.Xml.XPath
 
 #if !LEGACY_FRAMEWORK
-#r "nuget: Fsdk, Version=0.6.0--date20230812-0646.git-2268d50"
+#r "nuget: Fsdk, Version=0.6.0--date20231031-0834.git-2737eea"
 #else
 #r "System.Configuration"
 open System.Configuration
diff --git a/scripts/snap_build_beta.sh b/scripts/snap_build_beta.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..ce8b585b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/snap_build_beta.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+# this is the equivalent of using the 'build-packages' (not stage-packages) section in snapcraft
+# but as we're not using the 'make' plugin, we need to this manually now
+DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt install -y fsharp build-essential pkg-config cli-common-dev mono-devel libgtk2.0-cil-dev dotnet6
+
+# just in case this is a retry-run, we want to clean artifacts from previous try
+rm -rf ./staging
+
+./configure.sh --native-segwit --prefix=./staging
+make
+make install
+
+snapcraft --destructive-mode
diff --git a/scripts/snap_release.fsx b/scripts/snap_release.fsx
index 027d1af0e..5c2e10a49 100755
--- a/scripts/snap_release.fsx
+++ b/scripts/snap_release.fsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ open System.Xml.Linq
 open System.Xml.XPath
 
 #if !LEGACY_FRAMEWORK
-#r "nuget: Fsdk, Version=0.6.0--date20230812-0646.git-2268d50"
+#r "nuget: Fsdk, Version=0.6.0--date20231031-0834.git-2737eea"
 #else
 #r "System.Configuration"
 open System.Configuration
@@ -150,10 +150,19 @@ Console.WriteLine "Login successfull. Upload starting..."
 
 // the 'stable' and 'candidate' channels require 'stable' grade in the yaml
 let snapPush =
+    let channel =
+        match Misc.FsxOnlyArguments() with
+        | [ channel ] ->
+            channel
+        | [] ->
+            "stable"
+        | _ ->
+            failwith "Invalid arguments"
+
     Process.Execute(
         {
             Command = "snapcraft"
-            Arguments = sprintf "upload %s --release=stable" snapFile.FullName
+            Arguments = sprintf "upload %s --release=%s" snapFile.FullName channel
         }, Echo.All
     )
 
diff --git a/src/GWallet.Backend/Config.fs b/src/GWallet.Backend/Config.fs
index 50668dcc5..17c213bd9 100644
--- a/src/GWallet.Backend/Config.fs
+++ b/src/GWallet.Backend/Config.fs
@@ -34,7 +34,12 @@ module Config =
     //       balances, so you might find discrepancies (e.g. the donut-chart-view)
     let internal NoNetworkBalanceForDebuggingPurposes = false
 
-    let internal UseNativeSegwit = false
+    let internal UseNativeSegwit =
+#if NATIVE_SEGWIT
+        true
+#else
+        false
+#endif
 
     let IsWindowsPlatform() =
         RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform OSPlatform.Windows