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June 4, 2021by Laura Shin

How Taproot Could Improve Bitcoin — If It Gets Adopted

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

Posted in: 2021, Shows, UnconfirmedTagged in: bitcoin, blockchain, MASTs, Taproot

Our guest on this episode:
Jeremy Rubin, a Bitcoin Core contributor and founder of Judica

Jeremy Rubin

Bitcoin Core contributor and founder of Judica

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