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Bitcoin Upgrades

Taproot

Production

Soft Fork Bitcoin Privacy

Taproot, activated in November 2021 via BIPs 340-342, introduces Schnorr signatures, Pay-to-Taproot (P2TR) outputs, and Tapscript, enhancing privacy, efficiency, and smart contract capabilities.

Technical Details

Liveness Status

Production

Activation Mechanism

BIP9

External Links

Bitcoin Website

https://bitcoin.org

BIP-340

https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0340.mediawiki

BIP-341

https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0341.mediawiki

BIP-342

https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0342.mediawiki

Metadata

Slug

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