Jimmy Song criticizes Taproot for not foreseeing the inscription
Source: CoinWorld
Time: 2025-09-15 15:45:13
Bitcoin core developer Jimmy Song criticized the Taproot upgrade for failing to deliver on the promised privacy and security enhancements, while enabling non-financial transactions such as Ordinals and BRC-20. Song believes that the upgrade ignores the "social attack surface" and the inefficient Schnorr signature complicates the user experience. The debate highlights the disagreement among Bitcoin users, with some supporting Taproot enabling innovations like Ordinals and Runes that have generated more than $500 million in fees, while others argue for Bitcoin’s initial currency core.