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Taproot opens up new possibilities for privacy, multisignature wallets and security, as well as scaling.
"Marathon is committed to the core tenets of the Bitcoin community, including decentralization, inclusion, and no censorship," said the CEO.
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With 94% of Bitcoin's hashrate now signaling for the upgrade, it should lock in during the next difficulty period.
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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.
The coin toss is a stand-in for the rough consensus that stakeholders usually broker to make these decisions.
If the timeline holds, Taproot’s November activation could make for an exciting autumn for bitcoiners.
Speedy Trial is nearly approved for activating Taproot, but the code may still include a “user activated soft fork” safety net, just in case.
Taproot is the largest upgrade Bitcoin has seen in years, and many are proposing projects on top of it.
The finalized code for Taproot will be shipped in March, but will it house the “user activated soft fork” feature that threatened to activate SegWit?
The meeting ended with rough consensus in favor of BIP8 (false), as well as with approval of two possible methods to put this BIP into motion.