Bitcoin Taproot Is Around The Corner
The highly anticipated Bitcoin protocol update, Taproot, is going to activate when it reaches block #709,632, believed to happen around November 16. It will bring many improvements by replacing ECDSA signatures with Schnorr signatures, enhancing privacy, scalability, security, and lowering fees. The Bitcoin community has been hoping for this upgrade for a while. The discussions […]
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Our exploration of the new superpowers Taproot gives to Bitcoin continues. Yesterday, we defined smart contracts and covered the functionality of the Taproot-enabled ones. To summarize, Taproot gives new characteristics to Bitcoin layer one that enable smart contract expressiveness in layer two solutions. Today, the topic is privacy. What happens on the blockchain stays there […]
The process chosen for activating Taproot is detailed in BIP 8, and it includes a debated option called “lockinontimeout” (LOT). The post Taproot Activation And The LOT Debate appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.
The ‘Speedy Trial’ lock-in period for the Bitcoin network upgrade Taproot is now complete. Data from taproot.watch details the lock-in has been achieved and it was locked in at block height 687,285 and mined by the mining pool Slushpool. Bitcoin Taproot Lock-in Complete at Block Height 687,285 Taproot is coming this November as the web portal taproot.watch indicates that the lock-in period of signaling has finished. “This period has reached 1815 Taproot signaling blocks, which is required for lock-in.” The Taproot upgrade is considered one of the largest upgrades....
Bitcoin advocates are celebrating the successful implementation of the Taproot upgrade after block height 709,632. The upgrade was highly anticipated as it was one of the biggest changes since the introduction of Segregated Witness (Segwit) in 2017. After the upgrade was completed, the Bitcoin community discussed the slew of benefits Taproot and Schnorr signatures have to offer and have started measuring Taproot usage as well.
Taproot Has Been Activated on the Bitcoin Blockchain
At 12:15 a.m. (EST) at block height 709,632, at difficulty period 352, Taproot was officially....
On this episode of "The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado," the hosts discussed the lock-in on timeout (LOT) parameter for potential Taproot activation. The post Taproot Activation And LOT=True Vs. LOT=False appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.