Bitcoin Optech #155: Proposed BIPs And Bitcoin Stack Exchange

Bitcoin Optech #155: Proposed BIPs And Bitcoin Stack Exchange

This week’s newsletter describes two proposed BIPs related to wallet support for Taproot, and features Q&A from Bitcoin Stack Exchange.The Bitcoin Optech newsletter provides readers with a top-level summary of the most important technical news happening in Bitcoin, along with resources that help them learn more. To help our readers stay up-to-date with Bitcoin, we're republishing the latest issue of this newsletter below. Remember to subscribe to receive this content straight to your inbox.This week’s newsletter summarizes two proposed BIPs related to wallet support for taproot and....


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