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Taproot Activates
Bitcoin's biggest upgrade since SegWit — Schnorr signatures go live.
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Taproot activated at block 709,632, enabling Schnorr signatures, improved privacy for complex transactions, and better multisig. The smoothest major upgrade in Bitcoin history.
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