News about Taproot

More / Etherum Reddit - 3 years ago

BTC Taproot implications for ETH?

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....

More / Etherum Reddit - 3 years ago

Does Taproot make BTC a direct competitor to ETH?

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

BTC TAPROOT upgrade is huge and should be mentioned more

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

Taproot will activate in November

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

Why isn't taproot getting more buzz??

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...