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‘Ossification Is Stupid:’ Bitcoin Development Controversy Strikes ‘Speedy Trial’ Taproot Activation
17.4.2021
The well known software developer Luke Dashjr is in the midst of controversy over how to upgrade the Bitcoin network in order to add the Taproot protocol. Bitcoin Core developers want to upgrade with “Speedy trial,” which will allow miners to push the feature through. However, Luke...
Bitcoin Taproot Upgrade Nailed Down for July, but Some Finer Details Still Aren’t Finalized
17.2.2021
The finalized code for Taproot will be shipped in March, but will it house the “user activated soft fork” feature that threatened to activate SegWit?
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
How Bitcoin’s Taproot Upgrade Will Improve Technology Across Bitcoin’s Software Stack
3.2.2021
Scaling, privacy and custody software will all benefit from Bitcoin’s biggest upgrade in years
Bitcoin Core’s Latest Release Is Out: Here’s What’s in It
14.1.2021
Bitcoin Core, the original wallet and “full node” software for the Bitcoin network, received an update today
Bitcoin Miners, Developers Narrow Down How Taproot Will Be Activated
13.1.2021
We know it's going to happen - the question is when and how
All Major Mining Pools Now Support Taproot, Bitcoin’s Biggest Upgrade in Years
30.12.2020
Binance Pool represents 11% of Bitcoin’s mining hashrate. Adding it to the “yes” column pushes mining pool support for Taproot to about 91%
Privacy Concerns Over Bitcoin Upgrade Taproot Are a ‘Non-Issue,’ Experts Say
1.12.2020
Bitcoin privacy experts are unimpressed with a circulating slideshow-style privacy report that targets upcoming Bitcoin upgrade Taproot
Crypto Long & Short: How Bitcoin Development Is Evolving – and What’s Behind It
29.11.2020
Bitcoin price spikes grab headlines, but the asset's long-term value depends on its developers – and what drives them
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 Developers Still Divided on Specifics of Taproot Activation
30.10.2020
The code for Taproot is ready to go, but developers are still discussing how to deploy the update across Bitcoin’s distributed network
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
‘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...
Bitcoin’s Future: Exactly How a Coming Upgrade Could Improve Privacy and Scaling
7.4.2020
If the privacy and scaling upgrade Schnorr/Taproot makes it into bitcoin (BTC), it could pave the way for advanced and heretofore impossible projects
Here’s How to Inspect Bitcoin’s Next (Likely) Major Upgrade Yourself
13.2.2020
With bitcoin’s next likely major upgrade in the works, students of the cryptocurrency can inspect the code themselves, helped by core developers
Appealing to Normies: Advancing Bitcoin Starts With Better UX
7.2.2020
At London's Advancing Bitcoin conference, developers discussed user-experience fixes for the world's leading crypto
Bitcoin’s Privacy and Scaling Tech Upgrade ‘Taproot’ Just Took a Big Step Forward
24.1.2020
A privacy and scalability upgrade that could turn out to be one of bitcoin's largest to date has passed a couple of milestones that were little noticed outside technical circles