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<p>It finally happened. Taproot , a Bitcoin soft-fork that has been in the works for years, went live at block 709,632. The first Bitcoin soft fork since Segwit in 2016, Taproot outfits Bitcoin with a new signature scheme, Schnorr signatures, as well as a new scripting language, Tapscript, both of which will give a boost to Bitcoin’s smart contract capabilities, improve on-chain privacy, and provide scaling benefits.</p>

It finally happened. Taproot , a Bitcoin soft-fork that has been in the works for years, went live at block 709,632. The first Bitcoin soft fork since Segwit in 2016, Taproot outfits Bitcoin with a new signature scheme, Schnorr signatures, as well as a new scripting language, Tapscript, both of which will give a boost to Bitcoin’s smart contract capabilities, improve on-chain privacy, and provide scaling benefits.

Bitcoin

Hashrate Index Roundup 11/14/21