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

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