With Taproot achieving the 90% critical consensus mark among mining nodes, all is now set for Bitcoin soft fork activation later in November. The Taproot upgrade has achieved the first significant ...

Bitcoin Core version 0.21.1 has been released and is now available for download. The update includes mainnet and testnet activation parameters for the Taproot soft fork (BIP341), which also adds ...

The path to activation for Bitcoin’s Taproot protocol upgrade is underway after the recent Bitcoin Core version 0.21.1 release included its activation code, and the largest mining pools are already ...

Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc MARA a large Bitcoin (BTC) miner which operates the Mara Pool, will implement the latest Bitcoin Core 0.21.1 software on its mining hardware, signaling support for ...

Bitcoin’s Taproot update is among the most important for the protocol in years. It has now taken a huge step towards activation. Taproot has met the requirements for the activation process. It has ...

Taproot – Bitcoin’s most anticipated upgrade ever – has been “close” for a year now, but no one in Bitcoin’s community has agreed on how to activate it. With Speedy Trial, there might finally be a ...

Bitcoin's long-lasting scaling debate appeared to be heading toward a climax lately, with two proposals gaining significant traction. At one end of the fence there is Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 148 ...

The Taproot conversation is continuing with the Bitcoin community having to decide how to begin the months-long activation process. The Taproot upgrade represents one of the most significant ...

If you follow Bitcoin news, you’ll have seen that SegWit was “locked in” a few weeks ago and is now waiting for activation. SegWit doesn’t have an exact time when it’ll be activated but estimates say ...

SegWit faces renewed debate as developers question soft fork limits, governance norms, and Bitcoin’s long term scaling model.

Bitcoin Core version 0.21.1 is now available for download, including activation parameters for the Schnorr and Taproot protocol upgrade. Bitcoin Core is the original Bitcoin software client launched ...