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Internet Computer Protocol Implements Threshold-Schnorr Signatures, Enhancing Bitcoin Integration

13.8.2024
The Internet Computer Protocol (ICP) has integrated threshold-Schnorr signatures and onchain Bitcoin block headers as part of its Deuterium milestone. This development aims to expand the utility of Bitcoin within the decentralized economy, allowing for new applications previously hindered...

Highly Anticipated Bitcoin Upgrade Taproot Activates — Taproot Script-Spends Seen in the Wild

14.11.2021
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...

Moonshot to $90K — After Bitcoin Upgrade Taproot Activates, Crypto Advocates Expect the Price to Rally

13.11.2021
In mid-June, the ‘Speedy Trial’ lock-in period for the Bitcoin network upgrade Taproot locked in at block height 687,285 and was mined by the bitcoin mining pool Slushpool. Taproot is expected to activate on the network on Saturday, November 13, 2021, and the upgrade is considered...

Taproot Lock-in Achieved — Bitcoin Network Set to Activate Biggest Upgrade in Four Years

12.6.2021
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...

Speedy Trial Success — Bitcoin Upgrade Taproot Set to Lock-in This Weekend

12.6.2021
On Friday, June 11, 2021, data shows that Taproot could get locked-in this coming weekend, as the signal ratio is 98.3% and a touch more than 100 additional signaling blocks are needed to lock in the upcoming soft fork. Bitcoin Upgrade Taproot Inches Toward Lock-in, Success Means Activation...

Bitcoin Miners Start Signaling for Taproot Activation, People Prep for BTC’s Largest Update in 4 Years

3.5.2021
Bitcoin miners have started to signal for Taproot activation and crypto supporters are looking forward to the largest bitcoin update in almost four years. The mining operation Slush Pool mined the first block signaling for Taproot and since then the pools Foundry and F2pool have joined in...

Taproot Update: Bitcoin Users Home In on Activation Plan, Date Still TBD

3.2.2021
The meeting ended with rough consensus in favor of BIP8 (false), as well as with approval of two possible methods to put this BIP into motion

Majority of Bitcoin Hashrate Signals Support for Taproot Scaling, Privacy Upgrade

19.11.2020
Over 50% of Bitcoin's hashrate now supports the "uncontroversial" upgrade

Blockstream’s MuSig 2 Will Offer Less Complex, More Private Multi-Signature Transactions

4.11.2020
Made possible by Taproot, MuSig2 is designed to make multi-signature Bitcoin transactions less complex without sacrificing privacy

Bitcoin’s Taproot is ready to go, but it's unlikely to be included in the next release

16.10.2020
Developers don't want to move too fast

Taproot Has Been Merged Into Bitcoin Core: Here’s What That Means

15.10.2020
Bitcoin’s long-awaited Taproot update is one step closer to fruition

Third Anniversary of Bitcoin Cash Highlights a Myriad of Network Improvements

22.7.2020
In twelve days the Bitcoin Cash community will celebrate the third anniversary of the 2017 fork that happened on August 1. Since then, a number of changes have happened during the last three years and the following editorial will discuss the significant differences between both chains. The Bitcoin...

‘Bitcoin Is Not a Privacy Coin’ Says Crypto Evangelist Andreas Antonopoulos

9.7.2020
Andreas Antonopoulos discussed how he desired to see Bitcoin have more “privacy features” in a recent live stream Q&A session published on Youtube on July 7. Antonopoulos discussed the privacy-centric coin monero and concepts like stealth addresses and ring signatures. Every once...

The IRS Investigation Division Is Requesting Information About Privacy-Centric Cryptocurrencies

4.7.2020
The United States tax agency has published a request for information pertaining to privacy-centric cryptocurrencies and technologies that obfuscate crypto transactions. The IRS-CI Cyber Crimes Unit request is also asking for information in relation to “layer two offchain protocol networks...

The IRS Wants to Know More About Privacy-Enhancing Crypto Coins, Tools

2.7.2020
America's tax collector is laying the groundwork for a possible assault on privacy-enhancing cryptocurrency technologies

6 Privacy-Enhancing Tools That Place Bitcoin Cash Transactions Ahead of the Pack

24.6.2020
On June 24, a Reddit post had a few Bitcoin Cash proponents discussing a number of privacy enhancements BCH supporters can leverage every time they transact. The Bitcoin Cash enthusiast, Mr. Zwet’s r/btc post explained how BCH supporters can use tools like Cashfusion, Cashshuffle, Schnorr...