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Majority of Bitcoin Hashrate Signals Support for Taproot Scaling, Privacy Upgrade
Over 50% of Bitcoin's hashrate now supports the "uncontroversial" upgrade.
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Nov 19, 2020 at 4:48 p.m. UTC
Nov 19, 2020
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Blockstream Is Working on Simpler, More Private Multisig Bitcoin Transactions
Made possible by Taproot, MuSig2 is designed to make multi-signature Bitcoin transactions less complex without sacrificing privacy.
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Colin Harper
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Nov 4, 2020 at 10:55 p.m. UTC
Nov 4, 2020
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Bitcoin Developers Still Divided on Specifics of Taproot Activation
The code for Taproot is ready to go, but developers are still discussing how to deploy the update across Bitcoin’s distributed network.
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Colin Harper
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Oct 30, 2020 at 7:15 p.m. UTC
Oct 30, 2020
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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.
By
Colin Harper
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Oct 15, 2020 at 2:48 p.m. UTC
Oct 15, 2020
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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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Alyssa Hertig
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Feb 13, 2020 at 3:28 p.m. UTC
Feb 13, 2020
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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.
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Alyssa Hertig
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Feb 7, 2020 at 7:50 p.m. UTC
Feb 7, 2020
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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...
By
Alyssa Hertig
Sponsored
Jan 24, 2020 at 12:45 a.m. UTC
Jan 24, 2020
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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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John Biggs
Alyssa Hertig
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May 6, 2019 at 10:15 p.m. UTC
May 6, 2019
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One Mathematician's Mission to Boost Bitcoin's Privacy (And Soon)
Blockstream researcher Andrew Poelstra's efforts to create a more private bitcoin aren't about extremes, but about protecting the everyman.
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Alyssa Hertig
Sponsored
Jun 19, 2018 at 3:51 a.m. UTC
Jun 19, 2018
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Maxwell Eyes Bitcoin Smart Contracts After Blockstream
After leaving the startup he co-founded, Greg Maxwell is focusing his energy on developing more efficient and more private bitcoin smart contracts.
By
Alyssa Hertig
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Feb 9, 2018 at 5:00 a.m. UTC
Feb 9, 2018
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