Torq (formerly LN Capital) on Nostr: Until November 12th, 2021 (block 709,632), ECDSA was the only signing algorithm that ...
Until November 12th, 2021 (block 709,632), ECDSA was the only signing algorithm that Bitcoin used.
However, on that day, Taproot was activated, which allowed for the use of Schnorr signatures.
Published at
2023-04-16 14:11:58Event JSON
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