This article was originally published on Bitcoin Magazine on February 24th, 2020.
The discussion on Taproot activation appears to have reached its final stage, with the remaining decision revolving around the activation parameter LOT.
The code for Taproot, a proposed Bitcoin protocol upgrade for compact and privacy-preserving smart contracts, has been included in the most recent version of Bitcoin Core, currently the de-facto reference implementation for the Bitcoin protocol. The only remainin
