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SLP257 Matt Corallo - Bitcoin Soft Fork Activation, Taproot, and Playing Chicken
SLP257 Matt Corallo - Bitcoin Soft Fork Activation, Taproot, and Playing Chicken
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Length:
80 minutes
Released:
Mar 4, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Matt Corallo of Square Crypto, and long time bitcoin developer (now more focused on lightning) joins me on the show to talk about Taproot Activation, as well as review some of the history and nuance of prior soft forks in Bitcoin. We discuss:
What is a fork
What are the benefits of Taproot
How the events of 2017 played out
Dynamics of soft forks
Taproot activation paths
Flag day vs forced signalling UASF style
LDK - Lightning Dev Kit
Links:
Twitter: @thebluematt
Lightning Dev Kit: LightningDevKit.org
Taproot links:
Article: Understanding LOT=true or LOT=false by Aaron van Wirdum
Article: Taproot Activation and the LOT Debate by Ben Kaufman
Site: TaprootActivation.com (Mining Pool consensus effort by Alejandro from Poolin)
Mailing list post: Summary of Taproot activation meeting on IRC 2/2/2021 by Michael Folkson
Relevant prior episodes:
SLP137 AJ Towns – Schnorr Taproot Tapscript BIPs
SLP222 Jonas Nick and Tim Ruffing What’s MuSig2? What Does it Mean for Bitcoin Multisig?
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Compass Mining
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
What is a fork
What are the benefits of Taproot
How the events of 2017 played out
Dynamics of soft forks
Taproot activation paths
Flag day vs forced signalling UASF style
LDK - Lightning Dev Kit
Links:
Twitter: @thebluematt
Lightning Dev Kit: LightningDevKit.org
Taproot links:
Article: Understanding LOT=true or LOT=false by Aaron van Wirdum
Article: Taproot Activation and the LOT Debate by Ben Kaufman
Site: TaprootActivation.com (Mining Pool consensus effort by Alejandro from Poolin)
Mailing list post: Summary of Taproot activation meeting on IRC 2/2/2021 by Michael Folkson
Relevant prior episodes:
SLP137 AJ Towns – Schnorr Taproot Tapscript BIPs
SLP222 Jonas Nick and Tim Ruffing What’s MuSig2? What Does it Mean for Bitcoin Multisig?
Sponsors:
Swan Bitcoin
Hodl Hodl Lend
Compass Mining
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CypherSafe (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Show notes and website
Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
Subscribe to the podcast
Patreon @stephanlivera
Released:
Mar 4, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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