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BIP 119: Unpacking CTV and How It Would Change Bitcoin
Right now, we can only use Bitcoin scripts to designate when or why a bitcoin is spent. But what if we could use it to designate how a bitcoin is spent?
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Taproot, Bitcoin’s Long-Anticipated Upgrade, Has Activated
Taproot gives developers an expanded toolbox to work with as they continue to ideate, iterate and build on Bitcoin.
Taproot is now activated. (koyu/iStock/Getty Images Plus)

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Bitcoin Taproot Activation Has Begun; Miners Now Have 3 Months to Get on Board
The upgrade has been years in the making. It's time to see if the deliberation has paid off.
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Urban Food: From Farm To Automat
Taproot Speedy Trial Code Merged Into Bitcoin Core
The merge puts an end to a long road of activation discussions – now all that's left is Taproot's actual activation.
Urban Food: From Farm To Automat

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Final Taproot Activation Specifics Chosen With a Bitcoin Blockchain 'Coin Toss'
The coin toss is a stand-in for the rough consensus that stakeholders usually broker to make these decisions.
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New Taproot Activation Timeline Means the Upgrade Is (Probably) Coming to Bitcoin This Fall
If the timeline holds, Taproot’s November activation could make for an exciting autumn for bitcoiners.
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July 2021
Bitcoin Taproot Upgrade Nailed Down for July, but Some Finer Details Still Aren’t Finalized
The finalized code for Taproot will be shipped in March, but will it house the “user activated soft fork” feature that threatened to activate SegWit?
July 2021

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Bitcoin Developers Still Divided on Specifics of Taproot Activation
The code for Taproot is ready to go, but developers are still discussing how to deploy the update across Bitcoin’s distributed network.
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UASF Developer Revises Controversial Bitcoin Scaling Proposal
A controversial solution to bitcoin's scaling debate has been updated by the pseudonymous developer who proposed it.
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Bitcoin's Latest Scaling Twist: Support is Building for a UASF
Will the 'economic majority' prevail? The latest twist in bitcoin's scaling debate is a backlash movement against its mining community.
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