More / Etherum Reddit - 3 years ago
With the Taproot upgrade a few days away, will Bitcoin begin to put a damper on the “flippening” now that smart contracts will be more mainstream for BTC? Some competitive advantages to consider might include transaction fees and developer support....
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 3 years ago
The Taproot upgrade was set for deployment after achieving a 90% consensus among the Bitcoin miners (mining nodes). Real-world use cases are one of the main adoption...
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago
Title. I'm genuinely interested in how this changes the game. I know one big method it does this is by reducing the fee necessary to open channels on lightning. But taproot will also enable smart contracts on lightning, won't it? subm...
More / Etherum Reddit - 3 years ago
So I read that the upcoming Taproot upgrade to BTC will introduce sophisticated smart contract capabilities, including DeFi. However, I have more questions than answers: Will BTC's L1 throughput eventually rival ETH 2.0? What about Layer 2 and Li...
by COINS NEWS - 3 years ago
In 2017, Segregated Witness (SegWit) soft fork was performed and it was the last upgrade to the Bitcoin’s network until today. It was also a controversial upgrade which lead to a hard fork (Bitcoin Cash was born). However, Taproot is supported...
by COINS NEWS - 3 years ago
The last major upgrade to Bitcoin happened in 2017, and right now, there's not much use to it other than to transfer money from A to B. Luckily, a technological overhaul has finally come. Over 90% of Bitcoin miners have approved an upgrade for t...
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago
Hey guys! My node is at block 701,720 as I write this and taproot will activate @ 709,632. Will that bring some green to Bitcoin? Defi, more privacy, the first real upgrade since 4 years (or so). It shows that Bitcoin isn't immune to adapt. It mi...
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago
Are people sleeping on how important Taproot will be for BTC ??? It seems it has gotten very little coverage compared to (at least if you go outside BTC forums) EIP1559 or Alonzo (ADA). My basic understanding is it will improve BTCs scalability (will...
More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago
One of Bitcoin’s biggest upgrades of all time is just around the corner, but few understand its potential impact. In Kraken Intelligence’s latest report, “Taproot Primer: An Upgrade For The Ages,” our team breaks down each of the three Bitcoin Impro...
Cryptocoins Exchanges / Kraken - 3 years ago
One of Bitcoin’s biggest upgrades of all time is just around the corner, but few understand its potential impact. In Kraken Intelligence’s latest report, “Taproot Primer: An Upgrade For The Ages,” our team breaks down each of the t...