Marty's Ƀent Issue #1189: Taro hits the scene Taro uses a new data structure I call a Merkle Sum Sparse Merkle tree which combines the properties of a merkle sum tree along with a Sparse Merkle Tree to
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1115: The transition from HTLCs to PTLCs This is only the beginning of the conversation and I look forward to watching it evolve to a point that produces a viable solution.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1113: Taproot kicks Jevons Paradox into another gear The critics, man. They're not very forward thinking in my opinion.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #1111: Taproot activation is upon us via Clark Moody's DashboardIt's been a minute since we talked about taproot in this weird dark corner of the Internet. As of right now, we are 321 blocks away from
Marty's Ƀent Issue #972: Taproot Speedy Trial Activation has been merged into Bitcoin Core This is a very exciting time to be observing the Bitcoin network.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #965: MOAR Centralized Micromanagement If at first you fail at micromanaging your own economy, attempt to micromanage the global economy by creating a "global minimum tax".
Marty's Ƀent Issue #948: Bitcoin governance and precedent with Taproot activation Precedents matter and a big one is potentially about to be set in the form of the way Taproot is (or isn't) activated.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #931: *Bitcoin's climb intensifies* You know what they say, "The first trillion is the hardest."
Marty's Ƀent Issue #911: Reminder: Activate Schnorr + Taproot @LukeDashjr you said there was talks of scheduling an IRC chat to debate activation methods for core. Has this been planned yet? — ₿enthecarman 🥕 (@benthecarman) January 20, 2021 We can
Marty's Ƀent Issue #905: Taproot helping privacy There are many benefits Taproot could bring this potential wave of new bitcoin users. It would be a shame if those benefits were delayed.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #781: Taproot activation discussion The way in which these BIPs will be activated will set a precedent for future activations of protocol additions.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #598: A new on-ramp emerges Escher Hub is particularly cool because the product has the goal of cutting down fiat and bitcoin settlement times while buying/selling bitcoin while increasing buy limits dramatically.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #592: Good piece on Schnorr + Taproot Learn how Schnorr signatures differ from ECDSA signatures, the current algorithm used to generate Bitcoin private-public key pairs. What a Merkelized Abstract Syntax Tree is and how Taproot's construction is different.
Marty's Ƀent Issue #478: bip-taproot While it is exciting to finally see a BIP for these improvements, I believe it is important to temper our excitement with a healthy dose of skepticism and adversarial thinking.
