In this episode of Speaking of Bitcoin (originally recorded in early January, 2021), join Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Jonathan Mohan as they dig into the much discussed but often poorly understood ‘Taproot’ improvement.
This long-in-the-works, multi-part bitcoin improvement proposal is nearing deployment but will likely take years to fully manifest in the wallets and applications we use. Even so, taproot is set to impact the protocol significantly in the areas of scale, privacy and the ability to create and execute more complex ‘smart contracts’ on bitcoins’ native layer.
In this episode, we dig into the meaning and implications of the upgrades major componants in an easy to understand way and then go into the technical explanation to provide you with all the technical details as well.
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--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/originalltb/messageA Final Discussion
Update 6/19/2022
SOB #502 When the Referees Play Favorites (Part 1)
SOB #501 When More Is Less
SOB #500 Three Rules to Remember After Mailchimp Breach
SOB #503 The Check Engine Light and the Space Shuttle
SOB #499 New Lessons From the Island of Stone Bitcoins
SOB #498 Rights Versus Privileges in a Global Financial System
Quick SOB Update (More frequent episodes coming... now)
SOB #496 The Ups and Downs of Crypto Loans
SOB #497 A Brief Look at Bitcoin Maximalism
SOB # 495 First Practices Aren’t Best Practices
SOB #494 Bitcoin Security and a Rogue Power Plant
SOB #493 The Endowment Effect, HODLing and the Impossible Self-Appraisal
SOB #492 Can Stablecoins Survive?
SOB #491 The Jokes Wear Thin as Inflation Becomes Normal
SOB #490 Checking in on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network
SOB #489 Big Gaming Signals NFTS Are Closer to Mainstream
SOB #488 How Far We've Come (And How Much Stayed the Same)
SOB #487 If Facebook Can't Run A Global Currency, Who Could?
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