Schnorr Signatures
Taproot Update: Bitcoin Users Home In on Activation Plan, Date Still TBD
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.
Majority of Bitcoin Hashrate Signals Support for Taproot Scaling, Privacy Upgrade
Over 50% of Bitcoin's hashrate now supports the "uncontroversial" upgrade.
Blockstream Is Working on Simpler, More Private Multisig Bitcoin Transactions
Made possible by Taproot, MuSig2 is designed to make multi-signature Bitcoin transactions less complex without sacrificing privacy.
The IRS Wants to Know More About Privacy-Enhancing Crypto Coins, Tools
America's tax collector is laying the groundwork for a possible assault on privacy-enhancing cryptocurrency technologies.
One Mathematician's Mission to Boost Bitcoin's Privacy (And Soon)
Blockstream researcher Andrew Poelstra's efforts to create a more private bitcoin aren't about extremes, but about protecting the everyman.
Bitcoin Devs Release Long-Awaited Schnorr Paper for Scalability Gains
Bitcoin devs have released the first paper on the Schnorr multi-signature protocol, which, if implemented, would increase bitcoin block sizes.
