Taproot support added to LND Lightning client

Lightning Labs developers have released a beta version of the LND client for Lightning Network with support for some of the latest improvements to the Bitcoin protocol, including Taproot.

Announcing lnd 0.15 beta: To Taproot and Beyond! ♾️

Featuring:
🥕Taproot + Musig2 support for better privacy + efficiency, Taro soon™
📉 ~95% database space reduction for new data
🎛️ New pathfinding tool to choose speed vs. cost of payments

Read more: https://t.co/5pavMcpxBg

— Lightning Labs⚡️🍠 (@lightning) June 28, 2022

In addition to the ability to make transactions from Taproot addresses, the LND 0.15 release includes solutions such as:

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New remote procedure call (RPC) methods to support MuSig2 experimental multi-signature;

Reduce database size by approximately 95% by reducing information stored in revocation logs. This helps save disk space;

improved pathfinding variable, allowing payments to reach their lowest cost destination faster;

new neutrino subserver, which extends app developer tools.

Principal Lightning Product Development Specialist Labs Michael Levine noted that LND 0.15 helps make the Lightning Network more «reliable, resilient, and secure».

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As a reminder, in April the Lightning team Labs introduced the Taro protocol for launching stablecoins on the Lightning Network.

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