Taproot and Schnorr signatures are going live on Bitcoin at block 709,632. This is going to be a massive foundational achievement to continue building on into the future. It’s been four years since ...

Taproot is the first Bitcoin protocol upgrade to go live since Segregated Witness activated in 2017. First proposed by former Blockstream CTO Gregory Maxwell and developed by Bitcoin Core contributors ...

On June 12, Bitcoin (BTC) mining pool Slush Pool mined block 687,285 with the transaction including a Taproot upgrade activation signal. That particular block was the 1,816th to include a signal for ...

Bitcoin is the first and largest cryptocurrency, but the coin has long been plagued by scalability issues. Its blockchain transaction record is public to provide transparency and accountability, but ...

This upgrade focuses on the expansion of the Bitcoin network’s smart contract capabilities and improves privacy on the network. While the previous SegWit upgrade was aimed to resolve transaction ...

Though Bitcoin is considered to be the grandfather of crypto, it’s not always talked about for its innovation or pushing the envelope. Some want it to stay that way, but not everyone. Taproot Wizards, ...