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Taproot Has Been Merged Into Bitcoin Core: Here's What That Means
Bitcoin’s long-awaited Taproot update is one step closer to fruition.
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MOVING PARTS: How does a whole network smoothly upgrade in a way that's backward-compatible, allowing those with older versions of the software to continue participating? (Image via Library of Congress/Rawpixel)
Bitcoin Coders Confront an Old Quandary: How to Upgrade an Entire Network
An old debate is resurfacing in the bitcoin developer community, underscoring one of the critical challenges confronting decentralized systems.
MOVING PARTS: How does a whole network smoothly upgrade in a way that's backward-compatible, allowing those with older versions of the software to continue participating? (Image via Library of Congress/Rawpixel)

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Here's How to Inspect Bitcoin's Next (Likely) Major Upgrade Yourself
With bitcoin’s next likely major upgrade in the works, students of the cryptocurrency can inspect the code themselves, helped by core developers.
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Blockstream's UX director, Selene Jin, speaks at 2020's  Advancing Bitcoin conference in London. (Photo by Alyssa Hertig for CoinDesk)
Appealing to Normies: Advancing Bitcoin Starts With Better UX
At London's Advancing Bitcoin conference, developers discussed user-experience fixes for the world's leading crypto.
Blockstream's UX director, Selene Jin, speaks at 2020's  Advancing Bitcoin conference in London. (Photo by Alyssa Hertig for CoinDesk)

NO LEADERS: The proposed upgrade to bitcoin's code "is obviously conditional on getting community support," says developer Pieter Wuille. (Scaling Bitcoin)
Bitcoin's Privacy and Scaling Tech Upgrade 'Taproot' Just Took a Big Step Forward
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 circl...
NO LEADERS: The proposed upgrade to bitcoin's code "is obviously conditional on getting community support," says developer Pieter Wuille. (Scaling Bitcoin)

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Pieter Wuille Unveils Two Proposals for Upcoming Bitcoin Privacy Soft Fork
Bitcoin developer Pieter Wuille unveiled two proposals today that offer new plans for bitcoin's possible next big upgrade.
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Schnorr Upgrade Set for Inclusion in Next Bitcoin Cash Hard Fork
Bitcoin Cash's upcoming network upgrade will notably feature a new signature scheme dubbed Schnorr.
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Blockstream Releases Test Code for Proposed Bitcoin Tech Upgrade Schnorr
Schnorr signatures are no longer just another idea for improving bitcoin thanks to a new code library from Blockstream.
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Schnorr Is Looking Poised to Become Bitcoin's Biggest Change Since SegWit
Highly-respected bitcoin developer Pieter Wuille unveiled a draft document outlining the technical makeup of bitcoin's likely next major upgrade.
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An Upcoming Cryptocurrency Is Trialling a Trio of Bitcoin Tech Advances
As grin inches toward launch, the team is incorporating three bold scalability and privacy technologies originally created for bitcoin.
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