Unconfirmed: How Taproot Could Improve Bitcoin -- If It Gets Adopted - Ep.243

Published: June 4, 2021, 7:30 a.m.

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:\n a general update on the Miami Bitcoin Conference\xa0\n what Taproot will do for the Bitcoin network\n how Taproot will make Bitcoin transactions more private\n what effect Taproot might have on on-chain analytics companies\n what parts of Bitcoin transactions will be public if/when Taproot goes live\n what new wallet features Taproot will unlock for Bitcoin\n how Bitcoin vaults might work\n a user-friendly definition of MASTs (Merklized Abstract Syntax Tree)\n how Taproot signaling works\n when/if Taproot will lock-in\n why network updates strain the relationship between miners and users\n \xa0\n Thank you to our sponsors!\n Crypto.com: https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unchainedcardearnfeb2021\xa0\n Tezos: https://tezos.com/discover?utm_source=laura-shin&utm_medium=podcast-sponsorship-unconfirmed&utm_campaign=tezos-campaign&utm_content=hero\xa0\n NEAR: https://near.org\xa0\n \xa0\n Episode Links:\xa0\n Jeremy Rubin\n Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeremyRubin\xa0\n Judica: https://judica.org/\xa0\n Personal website: https://rubin.io/\xa0\n \xa0\n Taproot\n Signaling status of Taproot: https://taproot.watch/\xa0\n Bitcoin Magazine on Taproot: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/taproot-coming-what-it-and-how-it-will-benefit-bitcoin\xa0\n Why Taproot matters: https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoins-privacy-and-scaling-tech-upgrade-taproot-just-took-a-big-step-forward\xa0\n Marathon lifts block mining censorship: https://www.coindesk.com/marathon-wont-censor-bitcoin-transactions-says-mining-ceo\xa0\n MASTs: https://bitcointechtalk.com/what-is-a-bitcoin-merklized-abstract-syntax-tree-mast-33fdf2da5e2f\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices