Schnorr Signatures
Privacy Solution
Soft Fork
Schnorr Signatures, activated in November 2021 via BIP-340 as part of Taproot, enable signature aggregation, improving Bitcoin’s efficiency, privacy, and complex script support.
Status & Details
Production
Activation Block
709,632
BIP Reference
BIP-340
Core Version
0.21.1
Impact Areas
Privacy
Scalability
Dependencies
BIP-341
BIP-342
Bitcoin Privacy
Secondary Category