Unconfirmed: How Taproot Could Improve Bitcoin -- If It Gets Adopted - Ep.243
Jeremy Rubin, a Bitcoin Core contributor and founder of Judica, a Bitcoin R&D Lab, joins Unchained from the Miami Bitcoin Conference (2021) to discuss all things Taproot. Show highlights:
- a general update on the Miami Bitcoin Conference
- what Taproot will do for the Bitcoin network
- how Taproot will make Bitcoin transactions more private
- what effect Taproot might have on on-chain analytics companies
- what parts of Bitcoin transactions will be public if/when Taproot goes live
- what new wallet features Taproot will unlock for Bitcoin
- how Bitcoin vaults might work
- a user-friendly definition of MASTs (Merklized Abstract Syntax Tree)
- how Taproot signaling works
- when/if Taproot will lock-in
- why network updates strain the relationship between miners and users
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Episode Links:
Jeremy Rubin
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeremyRubin
- Judica: https://judica.org/
- Personal website: https://rubin.io/
Taproot
- Signaling status of Taproot: https://taproot.watch/
- Bitcoin Magazine on Taproot: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/taproot-coming-what-it-and-how-it-will-benefit-bitcoin
- Why Taproot matters: https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoins-privacy-and-scaling-tech-upgrade-taproot-just-took-a-big-step-forward
- Marathon lifts block mining censorship: https://www.coindesk.com/marathon-wont-censor-bitcoin-transactions-says-mining-ceo
MASTs: https://bitcointechtalk.com/what-is-a-bitcoin-merklized-abstract-syntax-tree-mast-33fdf2da5e2f
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