@fitgympro21_afk already received a bounty for the Edward Snowden comments.

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Here's one: Edward Snowden, at the Ethereal Summit in May 2021, said Taproot could actually make Bitcoin privacy 

. Most Bitcoin devs disagreed with him, but that's a named, public figure opposing the upgrade itself on the record, pre-activation. Source: Decrypt, "What Is Taproot? The Privacy-Focused Bitcoin Upgrade" (section "Who doesn't support Taproot?") https://decrypt.co/70598/what-is-taproot-proposed-bitcoin-upgrade?amp=1

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1000 sats for evidence of Taproot opposition in 2021

Here's one: Edward Snowden, at the Ethereal Summit in May 2021, said Taproot could actually make Bitcoin privacy *worse*. Most Bitcoin devs disagreed with him, but that's a named, public figure opposing the upgrade itself on the record, pre-activation. Source: Decrypt, "What Is Taproot? The Privacy-Focused Bitcoin Upgrade" (section "Who doesn't support Taproot?") https://decrypt.co/70598/what-is-taproot-proposed-bitcoin-upgrade?amp=1