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title: "Bitcoin's Taproot Upgrade Explained (PDF)"
url: "https://bip39-phrase.com/list-phrase/bitcoins-taproot-upgrade-explained-2026-06-12/"
language: "en"
updated: "2026-06-12T00:00:00+00:00"
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# Bitcoin's Taproot Upgrade Explained

Taproot is a major Bitcoin upgrade that enhances privacy, efficiency, and smart contract capabilities by introducing new cryptographic signatures and transaction methods.

PDF document · Published June 12, 2026 

[ Open the PDF (7 pages, 44 KB) ](/list-phrase/bitcoins-taproot-upgrade-explained-2026-06-12-en.pdf) 

Keywords: 

Schnorr signatures · blockchain · smart contracts

Topic: 

[BIP Standards: BIP39, BIP32, BIP44 and Beyond](/topics/bip-standards/)

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One of the documents in the [Seed Phrase PDF Archive](/list-phrase/), listed on [archive page 11](/list-phrase/11/).