{"id":32124,"date":"2020-11-20T18:01:59","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T16:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=32124"},"modified":"2025-08-28T07:07:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T04:07:24","slug":"antpool-mining-pool-backs-taproot-upgrade-on-the-bitcoin-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/antpool-mining-pool-backs-taproot-upgrade-on-the-bitcoin-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Antpool mining pool backs Taproot upgrade on the Bitcoin network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most of the major Bitcoin mining pools backed the Taproot upgrade. One of them was Antpool, the Bitmain unit, according to Poolin vice president Alejandro De La Torre.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Antpool <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AntPoolofficial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AntPoolofficial<\/a> supports the Taproot Upgrade with BIP8 \ud83c\udf8a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5ag2q4Kn1l\">https:\/\/t.co\/5ag2q4Kn1l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alejandro De La Torre (@bitentrepreneur) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bitentrepreneur\/status\/1329427732359503873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to CoinDesk, Antpool will publicly announce its decision in the near future. At present, mining pools accounting for 54% of the network&#8217;s current hash rate have expressed support for the upgrade.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_117234\" style=\"width: 717px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-117234\" class=\"size-full wp-image-117234\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-359.png\" alt=\"\u041c\u0430\u0439\u043d\u0438\u043d\u0433-\u043f\u0443\u043b Antpool \u0432\u044b\u0441\u0442\u0443\u043f\u0438\u043b \u0432 \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0434\u0435\u0440\u0436\u043a\u0443 \u043e\u0431\u043d\u043e\u0432\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0438\u044f Taproot \u0432 \u0441\u0435\u0442\u0438 \u0431\u0438\u0442\u043a\u043e\u0438\u043d\u0430\" width=\"707\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-359.png 707w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-359-300x211.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-117234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: CoinDesk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Alejandro De La Torre said he was \u201coverjoyed\u201d by the positive reaction from most pools. However, Binance Pool has not yet announced support for Taproot.<\/p>\n<p>In mid-October, Taproot, along with the Tapscript technology and Schnorr signatures, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/schnorr-signatures-and-taproot-integrated-into-bitcoin-core\">were included<\/a> in the Bitcoin Core source code.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"5bSCx5jVe9\">\n<p>Taproot is close, or The next stage in Bitcoin&#8217;s evolution<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cTaproot \u0431\u043b\u0438\u0437\u043a\u043e, \u0438\u043b\u0438 \u0421\u043b\u0435\u0434\u0443\u044e\u0449\u0430\u044f \u0441\u0442\u0443\u043f\u0435\u043d\u044c \u044d\u0432\u043e\u043b\u044e\u0446\u0438\u0438 \u0431\u0438\u0442\u043a\u043e\u0438\u043d\u0430\u201d \u2014 ForkLog\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/exclusive\/taproot-blizko-ili-sleduyushhaya-stupen-evolyutsii-bitkoina\/embed#?secret=8Wxma5te3n#?secret=5bSCx5jVe9\" data-secret=\"5bSCx5jVe9\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The upgrade will be one of the most significant in the history of the first cryptocurrency. In addition to boosting scalability and privacy, it aims to improve network functionality and the fungibility of coins.<\/p>\n<p>In November, Poolin <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/poolin-launches-portal-to-prepare-for-taproot-upgrade-on-the-bitcoin-network\">launched<\/a> a discussion platform for mining pools to develop a common approach to activating Taproot.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog&#8217;s news on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of the major Bitcoin mining pools backed the Taproot upgrade. One of them was Antpool, the Bitmain unit, according to Poolin vice president Alejandro De La Torre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[226,18,1142,1134],"class_list":["post-32124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-antpool","tag-bitcoin","tag-cryptography","tag-technical-updates"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"23","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32126,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32124\/revisions\/32126"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}