Bitcoin Soft Fork Activation, Taproot, and Playing Chicken

with Matt Corallo

DATE 4 March 2021

DURATION 01:19:40

GUEST Matt Corallo

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

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