Bitcoin Samourai wallet integrates Taproot in new update – CVBJ

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Samourai, a Bitcoin wallet known for its privacy features, has updated its software, now allowing funds to be sent to P2TR or Taproot addresses, the latest protocol update.

But nevertheless, still does not allow generating P2TR addresses to receive transactions, unlike other wallets like Muun, which was one of the first to implement Taproot in its software.

Additionally, Samourai has made improvements to the Whirlpool GUI, an internal tool that mixes user bitcoins (BTC) to provide greater privacy and less traceability on the blockchain.

Samourai Wallet v0.99.98 released!

– Major changes to Whirlpool UI – Upload to Pivot Root (P2TR) addresses – Style and consistency updates – Bug fixes and refactoring – Much more

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– Samourai Wallet (@SamouraiWallet) December 28, 2021

Samourai’s privacy features are considered to be at the forefront of the Bitcoin ecosystem, so much so that other wallets, such as Sparrow Wallet, have implemented their solutions.

CriptoNoticias reported in December how Sparrow implemented the CoinJoin solution, which allows the user’s bitcoins to be mixed in collaboration with other users. They’ve also started testing for PayNym, a system that lets you hide wallet addresses under a human-readable nickname.

We also reported that, for its part, RoninDojo (a partner company of Samourai) has launched new hardware to run a plug-and-play Bitcoin node for beginners, already available for sale in the United States.

Why is taproot adoption important?

The adoption of Taproot by Samourai (or any other scholarship) is not a minor fact.

Taproot, as CriptoNoticias has reported in various publications, grants several advantages to Bitcoin. One of the most obvious is privacy, which makes single-signature and multi-signature transactions indistinguishable in a blockchain explorer.

In order for the benefits of Taproot to become widespread, so must be its adoption. Every building block of the Bitcoin ecosystem is expected to support this update, including, but not limited to, wallets, nodes, exchanges, and escrow platforms.

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