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Schnorr Signatures

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Schnorr Signatures, activated with Taproot in November 2021, enhance Bitcoin’s efficiency and privacy by enabling signature aggregation and complex scripts.

Status & Details

Production

Consensus

Proof Of Work

Security

Bitcoin L1

Data Availability

Bitcoin L1

Programmability

Limited Scripting

Bridge Mechanism

None

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