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.
Torq (formerly LN Capital) / LN Capital
npub1kn…gxkhm
2023-04-16 14:11:58
in reply to nevent1q…jter
Author Public Key
npub1kn860wn93ky8vnnzm5x5pdkl8npemzn3lcdagj9zdwf98ytwd89sxgxkhmPublished at
2023-04-16 14:11:58Event JSON
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