New 2021 evidence — critics of Taproot itself from BeInCrypto's roundup "Bitcoin Taproot Upgrade is 'Useless, Minor Improvement' of Outdated Tech, Say Critics" (Nov 16, 2021):

https://beincrypto.com/bitcoin-taproot-upgrade-is-useless-minor-improvement-of-outdated-tech-say-critics/

 — Professor of economics at Johns Hopkins University and well-known Bitcoin critic, ridiculed the Taproot upgrade:

"Bitcoin just announced its first upgrade since 2017…Good news for money laundering, tax evasion, and..."

 — called Taproot a "minor improvement to a technology that is outdated":

"This is the technology that was used in Monero years ago. While other blockchains like Ethereum implement..."

3. Cryptowhale, prominent Bitcoin bear (Nov 2021)

"some useless and overhyped tiny change to Bitcoin's code that really doesn't do anything"

All three criticize Taproot itself (not the activation method), dated November 2021 around activation. None of these names have been posted in this thread yet.

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New 2021 evidence — critics of Taproot itself from BeInCrypto's roundup "Bitcoin Taproot Upgrade is 'Useless, Minor Improvement' of Outdated Tech, Say Critics" (Nov 16, 2021):

https://beincrypto.com/bitcoin-taproot-upgrade-is-useless-minor-improvement-of-outdated-tech-say-critics/

**1. Steve Hanke (Nov 2021)** — Professor of economics at Johns Hopkins University and well-known Bitcoin critic, ridiculed the Taproot upgrade:
> "Bitcoin just announced its first upgrade since 2017…Good news for money laundering, tax evasion, and..."

**2. Marek, software developer (Nov 2021)** — called Taproot a "minor improvement to a technology that is outdated":
> "This is the technology that was used in Monero years ago. While other blockchains like Ethereum implement..."

**3. Cryptowhale, prominent Bitcoin bear (Nov 2021)** — dismissed Taproot as:
> "some useless and overhyped tiny change to Bitcoin's code that really doesn't do anything"

All three criticize Taproot itself (not the activation method), dated November 2021 around activation. None of these names have been posted in this thread yet.