News about Taproot

More / Etherum Reddit - 3 years ago

Taproot, competition for Ethereum?

Reading this article, maybe I'm behind the times, or says Bitcoin will have smart contract capabilities with the Taproot upgrade. Is this for real? And is it a legitimate competitor to Ethereum? https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/06/12/bitcoin-taproot...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago

Taproot Party?

7 odd hours until Taproot locked in for activation in October. For anyone who lived through the 2017 fork wars, this feel quite cathartic. I think many of us were worried we would see the same kind of FUD, bullshit, lies and just general madness whic...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago

MARA Pool mines their first Taproot block!

About 10mins ago MARA pool has finally signalled for taproot. (Which is a big step since they are/were OFAC compliant) This means all known mining pools are now signalling for taproot, potentially >99%. Only a handful of unknown mining blocks have...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago

MARA pool has NOT activated Taproot

Contrary to their announcement (yesterday), they are not taproot ready. They have mined block 685818 which is not signalled for taproot: https://taproot.watch/ If you own a stake / share / mine on their pool, just sell and give the word around you. &...