Bitcoin Core’s Latest Release Is Out: Here’s What’s in It
Originally slated for December 1, 2020, Bitcoin Core version 0.21.0 is now available for download, and includes a handful of notable changes to...
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Taproot
Bitcoin Miners, Developers Narrow Down How Taproot Will Be Activated
Bitcoin miners representing roughly 91% of the network’s hashpower have demonstrated support for Bitcoin’s biggest upgrade in years, Taproot. These activation methods vary...
All Major Mining Pools Now Support Taproot, Bitcoin’s Biggest Upgrade in Years
Binance Pool, the mining pool run by one of crypto’s biggest exchanges, is prepared to support Taproot, a good omen for the next...
Privacy Concerns Over Bitcoin Upgrade Taproot Are a ‘Non-Issue,’ Experts Say
Bitcoin privacy experts are far from impressed with a recently circling slideshow-style privacy report that puts Taproot, a likely upcoming upgrade to Bitcoin,...
Crypto Long & Short: How Bitcoin Development Is Evolving – and What’s Behind It
Today I want to talk about code. I know, this newsletter is for professional investors and not developers – why aren’t we talking...
Majority of Bitcoin Hashrate Signals Support for Taproot Scaling, Privacy Upgrade
Bitcoin mining pools representing over 54% of the network’s current hashrate have signaled support for the scaling and privacy protocol upgrade Taproot, merged...
Blockstream’s MuSig 2 Will Offer Less Complex, More Private Multi-Signature Transactions
With Bitcoin’s long-awaited Taproot upgrade on the horizon, the engineers at Blockstream are working on a new scheme to improve multi-signature transactions. These...
Bitcoin Developers Still Divided on Specifics of Taproot Activation
The code for Taproot, Bitcoin’s biggest upgrade in years, is finalized and has been packaged into a forthcoming update. Only, it’s not ready...
Bitcoin’s Taproot is ready to go, but it’s unlikely to be included in the next release
The Bitcoin Improvement Proposals 340 through 342 were merged into the Bitcoin codebase on Thursday, signaling that the anticipated Taproot upgrade is ready....
Taproot Has Been Merged Into Bitcoin Core: Here’s What That Means
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