Jun 17, 2021
Bitcoin’s Taproot Upgrade Quicktake!
🔹What will Taproot Do?
All parties in a transaction can make these complex transactions look like person-to-person transactions. They can do this by combining public keys to create a new public key, and combining signatures to create a new signature. It does this through a device called Schnorr signatures.
🔹What is Schnorr Signatres?
A Schnorr signature is a digital signature produced by the Schnorr signature algorithm that was described by Claus Schnorr. It is a digital signature scheme known for its simplicity, among the first whose security is based on the intractability of certain discrete logarithm problems. It is efficient and generates short signatures.
🔹Basic system of Taproot
Taproot uses a structure called Merkelized Abstract Syntax Trees . This allows you to only reveal parts of a script that executes. You can read more about this here.
Here is a quick diagram from wiki to provide a more visual perspective:
🔹Three Benefits of Taproot
Lower fees - transaction fees for making complex Bitcoin transactions will decrease . That means if you use more complex wallets such as multisig for sending /receiving transactions you will be able to enjoy cheaper ways to use the network.
More privacy -Taproot and Schnorr signatures, Bitcoin wallets with more complex spending conditions, will no longer be distinguishable from simple single signature wallets.
Better Wallet Functions-Developers can work on creating better systems to protect against permanent loss by having multiple time locked conditions. One good point regarding this area is that you may be able to recover your BTC even if you lose 3 of your 5 keys!
🔹When will it be rolled out?
The timeline for complete rollout isn’t till later this year but keep your eyes peeled to our twitter. We will provide you more updates when the exact day is confirmed.
Now that you know a bit what will taproot do, the basic system and three benefits for this upgrade that about wraps this quick take up on this upgrade!
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Informational Credits to Hash Tree — Merkle tree — Wikipedia, Daily Coin , Taproot community pages and more!
