Taproot opens up new possibilities for privacy, multisignature wallets and security, as well as scaling.
With 94% of Bitcoin's hashrate now signaling for the upgrade, it should lock in during the next difficulty period.
The upgrade has been years in the making. Time to see if the deliberation has paid off.
The merge puts an end to a long road of activation discussions – now all that's left is Taproot's actual activation.