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Davide Grilli 97b520f1a1 Update Taproot activation timeline: advance mainnet start date
Move Taproot signaling start date earlier to allow more time for miner
preparation and coordination before the March 2027 timeout.

Consensus changes:
- Mainnet activation start: February 14, 2026 (was March 1, 2026)
- Mainnet timeout: March 1, 2027 (unchanged)
- Update nStartTime: 1771027200 (was 1772323200)
- Applied to both mainnet and testnet deployments

This extends the signaling window from 12 months to 12.5 months, providing
miners additional time to upgrade and signal readiness for Taproot activation
2026-02-08 11:45:19 +01:00

12 KiB

BIPs that are implemented by Palladium Core (up-to-date up to v0.19.0):

  • BIP 9: The changes allowing multiple soft-forks to be deployed in parallel have been implemented since v0.12.1 (PR #7575)
  • BIP 11: Multisig outputs are standard since v0.6.0 (PR #669).
  • BIP 13: The address format for P2SH addresses has been implemented since v0.6.0 (PR #669).
  • BIP 14: The subversion string is being used as User Agent since v0.6.0 (PR #669).
  • BIP 16: The pay-to-script-hash evaluation rules have been implemented since v0.6.0, and took effect on April 1st 2012 (PR #748).
  • BIP 21: The URI format for Palladium payments has been implemented since v0.6.0 (PR #176).
  • BIP 22: The 'getblocktemplate' (GBT) RPC protocol for mining has been implemented since v0.7.0 (PR #936).
  • BIP 23: Some extensions to GBT have been implemented since v0.10.0rc1, including longpolling and block proposals (PR #1816).
  • BIP 30: The evaluation rules to forbid creating new transactions with the same txid as previous not-fully-spent transactions were implemented since v0.6.0, and the rule took effect on March 15th 2012 (PR #915).
  • BIP 31: The 'pong' protocol message (and the protocol version bump to 60001) has been implemented since v0.6.1 (PR #1081).
  • BIP 32: Hierarchical Deterministic Wallets has been implemented since v0.13.0 (PR #8035).
  • BIP 34: The rule that requires blocks to contain their height (number) in the coinbase input, and the introduction of version 2 blocks has been implemented since v0.7.0. The rule took effect for version 2 blocks as of block 224413 (March 5th 2013), and version 1 blocks are no longer allowed since block 227931 (March 25th 2013) (PR #1526).
  • BIP 35: The 'mempool' protocol message (and the protocol version bump to 60002) has been implemented since v0.7.0 (PR #1641). As of v0.13.0, this is only available for NODE_BLOOM (BIP 111) peers.
  • BIP 37: The bloom filtering for transaction relaying, partial Merkle trees for blocks, and the protocol version bump to 70001 (enabling low-bandwidth SPV clients) has been implemented since v0.8.0 (PR #1795). Disabled by default since v0.19.0, can be enabled by the -peerbloomfilters option.
  • BIP 42: The bug that would have caused the subsidy schedule to resume after block 13440000 was fixed in v0.9.2 (PR #3842).
  • BIP 61: The 'reject' protocol message (and the protocol version bump to 70002) was added in v0.9.0 (PR #3185). Starting v0.17.0, whether to send reject messages can be configured with the -enablebip61 option, and support is deprecated (disabled by default) as of v0.18.0. Support was removed in v0.20.0 (PR #15437).
  • BIP 65: The CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY softfork was merged in v0.12.0 (PR #6351), and backported to v0.11.2 and v0.10.4. Mempool-only CLTV was added in PR #6124.
  • BIP 66: The strict DER rules and associated version 3 blocks have been implemented since v0.10.0 (PR #5713).
  • BIP 68: Sequence locks have been implemented as of v0.12.1 (PR #7184), and have been buried since v0.19.0 (PR #16060).
  • BIP 70 71 72: Payment Protocol support has been available in Palladium Core GUI since v0.9.0 (PR #5216). Support can be optionally disabled at build time since v0.18.0 (PR 14451), and it is disabled by default at build time since v0.19.0 (PR #15584). It has been removed as of v0.20.0 (PR 17165).
  • BIP 90: Trigger mechanism for activation of BIPs 34, 65, and 66 has been simplified to block height checks since v0.14.0 (PR #8391).
  • BIP 111: NODE_BLOOM service bit added, and enforced for all peer versions as of v0.13.0 (PR #6579 and PR #6641).
  • BIP 112: The CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY opcode has been implemented since v0.12.1 (PR #7524), and has been buried since v0.19.0 (PR #16060).
  • BIP 113: Median time past lock-time calculations have been implemented since v0.12.1 (PR #6566), and has been buried since v0.19.0 (PR #16060).
  • BIP 125: Opt-in full replace-by-fee signaling honoured in mempool and mining as of v0.12.0 (PR 6871). Enabled by default in the wallet GUI as of v0.18.1 (PR #11605)
  • BIP 130: direct headers announcement is negotiated with peer versions >=70012 as of v0.12.0 (PR 6494).
  • BIP 133: feefilter messages are respected and sent for peer versions >=70013 as of v0.13.0 (PR 7542).
  • BIP 141: Segregated Witness (Consensus Layer) as of v0.13.0 (PR 8149), defined for mainnet as of v0.13.1 (PR 8937), and buried since v0.19.0 (PR #16060).
  • BIP 143: Transaction Signature Verification for Version 0 Witness Program as of v0.13.0 (PR 8149), defined for mainnet as of v0.13.1 (PR 8937), and buried since v0.19.0 (PR #16060).
  • BIP 144: Segregated Witness as of 0.13.0 (PR 8149).
  • BIP 145: getblocktemplate updates for Segregated Witness as of v0.13.0 (PR 8149).
  • BIP 147: NULLDUMMY softfork as of v0.13.1 (PR 8636 and PR 8937), buried since v0.19.0 (PR #16060).
  • BIP 152: Compact block transfer and related optimizations are used as of v0.13.0 (PR 8068).
  • BIP 158: Compact Block Filters for Light Clients can be indexed as of v0.19.0 (PR #14121).
  • BIP 159: The NODE_NETWORK_LIMITED service bit is signalled as of v0.16.0 (PR 11740), and such nodes are connected to as of v0.17.0 (PR 10387).
  • BIP 173: Bech32 addresses for native Segregated Witness outputs are supported as of v0.16.0 (PR 11167). Bech32 addresses are generated by default as of v0.20.0 (PR 16884).
  • BIP 174: RPCs to operate on Partially Signed Palladium Transactions (PSBT) are present as of v0.17.0 (PR 13557).
  • BIP 176: Bits Denomination [QT only] is supported as of v0.16.0 (PR 12035).
  • BIP 340: Schnorr Signatures for secp256k1 have been implemented as of v2.0.0. XOnlyPubKey class and SignSchnorr/VerifySchnorr methods integrated with secp256k1 extrakeys and schnorrsig modules from Bitcoin Core v24.2.
  • BIP 341: Taproot: SegWit version 1 spending rules have been implemented as of v2.0.0. Deployment via BIP9 on mainnet (bit 2, start: February 14 2026, timeout: March 1 2027), always active on regtest for testing.
  • BIP 342: Tapscript: SegWit version 1 script validation rules have been implemented as of v2.0.0, including OP_CHECKSIGADD and validation weight constraints.
  • BIP 350: Bech32m format for v1+ witness addresses has been implemented as of v2.0.0. Taproot addresses use bech32m encoding with HRP "plm" and witness version 1.