Taproot is assumed to activate on the network on Saturday, November 13, 2021. With its activation, taproot will be among the key changes of the protocol since Segregated Witness (Segwit) went live in 2017.
Taproot is anticipated to go live on the network on Saturday, November 13, 2021. Crypto advocates are expecting Taproot to intensify the digital currency network's scripting capacity and mastery leverage Schnorr signatures (BIP340); post its activation. Bitcoin's transactions are also expected to be magnified on Taproot's activation. Because it allows certain types of complex, 'smart' transactions.
Although Taproot (BIP341) promotes pristine rules for a new Pay-to-Taproot (P2TR) output type, the remodel is assisted like its predecessor Segwit. Github's "Taproot-Activation" documentation notates, "being an expanded Bitcoin protocol upgrade, Taproot can be positioned as a forward-compatible soft fork."
Social media platforms and cryptocurrency assets are already hot with discussions concerning the Taproot up-gradation. The long-awaited Taproot upgrade will go live at block height 709,632. People theorize the activation to significantly elevate BTC's price after a successful soft fork. The market update stated they are confident in the high lapse of time and expect the price to rebound to the $85,000 – $90,000 region in the coming weeks. This rally-up in the price will align with the 1.618 fib retracement level.