<p>Hampus Sjöberg has set up a site (<a href="https://taproot.watch/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://taproot.watch/</a>) with a graphic for which blocks have signaled for Taproot activation and a breakdown by mining pools. It was announced <a href="https://twitter.com/hampus_s/status/1387079347425644549?s=20" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> on Twitter.</p>
<p>AJ Towns <a href="https://mastodon.social/@ajtowns/106108519281794313" rel="nofollow noreferrer">stated</a> on Mastodon that once signaling starts the Bitcoin Core RPC <code>getblockchaininfo</code> will report the number of signaling blocks in the current period.</p>
<p>David Harding <a href="https://hash.social/@harding/106107255784967851" rel="nofollow noreferrer">added</a> on Mastodon:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>If you want to implement checking yourself, you can use
the versionhex in either debug.log or the results of <code>getblock</code>.
Taproot is using bit 2.  See the versionbits <a href="https://bitcoincore.org/en/2016/06/08/version-bits-miners-faq/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">FAQ</a> for details about
bits:</p>
</blockquote>
<p>pox also <a href="https://bitcoinhackers.org/@pox/106107502434761944" rel="nofollow noreferrer">wrote</a> an awk script:</p>
<pre><code>gawk -F'[= ]' '/UpdateTip/ { print(&quot;block=&quot;$7&quot; taproot=&quot;and($9,2)) }' &lt;~/.bitcoin/debug.log
</code></pre>
<p>If you are interested in which mining pools have already indicated that they will be signaling readiness for Taproot activation see <a href="https://taprootactivation.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">taprootactivation.com</a>.</p>
<p>Update on June 14th 2021: Taproot activation has now locked in and Taproot rules should now be enforced in November 2021. To verify this on your node use this script provided by emzy on IRC:</p>
<pre><code>bitcoin-cli getblockchaininfo | jq '.softforks | .taproot
</code></pre>
<p>which should result in:</p>
<pre><code>&quot;status&quot;: &quot;locked_in&quot;
</code></pre>

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<p>How can I follow the progress of miner signaling for Taproot activation during the Speedy Trial deployment? Can I use bitcoin-cli to track the signaling progress?</p>
<p>This was <a href="https://bitcoinhackers.org/@pox/106096826461763333" rel="nofollow noreferrer">asked</a> by pox on Mastodon and has been paraphrased.</p>

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How can I follow the progress of miner signaling for Taproot activation during the Speedy Trial deployment?
Michael Folkson
# How can I follow the progress of miner signaling for Taproot activation during the Speedy Trial deployment?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-04-29)

How can I follow the progress of miner signaling for Taproot activation during the Speedy Trial deployment? Can I use bitcoin-cli to track the signaling progress?

This was [asked](https://bitcoinhackers.org/@pox/106096826461763333) by pox on Mastodon and has been paraphrased.

**Tags:** soft-fork, taproot, activation-mechanism


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2021-04-29. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

Hampus Sjöberg has set up a site (<https://taproot.watch/>) with a graphic for which blocks have signaled for Taproot activation and a breakdown by mining pools. It was announced [here](https://twitter.com/hampus_s/status/1387079347425644549?s=20) on Twitter.

AJ Towns [stated](https://mastodon.social/@ajtowns/106108519281794313) on Mastodon that once signaling starts the Bitcoin Core RPC `getblockchaininfo` will report the number of signaling blocks in the current period.

David Harding [added](https://hash.social/@harding/106107255784967851) on Mastodon:

> If you want to implement checking yourself, you can use
> the versionhex in either debug.log or the results of `getblock`.
> Taproot is using bit 2. See the versionbits [FAQ](https://bitcoincore.org/en/2016/06/08/version-bits-miners-faq/) for details about
> bits:

pox also [wrote](https://bitcoinhackers.org/@pox/106107502434761944) an awk script:

```
gawk -F'[= ]' '/UpdateTip/ { print("block="$7" taproot="and($9,2)) }' <~/.bitcoin/debug.log

```

If you are interested in which mining pools have already indicated that they will be signaling readiness for Taproot activation see [taprootactivation.com](https://taprootactivation.com/).

Update on June 14th 2021: Taproot activation has now locked in and Taproot rules should now be enforced in November 2021. To verify this on your node use this script provided by emzy on IRC:

```
bitcoin-cli getblockchaininfo | jq '.softforks | .taproot

```

which should result in:

```
"status": "locked_in"

```


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