Three Years of Taproot Script Usage
A new study analyzing three years of revealed Taproot script-path spends found that over 99% of revealed script bytes were used for data storage, while BitVM-like scripts accounted for only 0.015%, providing an overview of how Taproot scripts have been used since 2023.
New study: 3 years of revealed Taproot scripts on-chain
— Simple Steve 🌌 (@SteveSimple) July 10, 2026
12.4% of bytes in the Bitcoin blockchain have been revealed Taproot spending scripts since July 2023
Over 99% of the bytes in those scripts were data storage via the dead-code OP_IF method
Explanation and GitHub link:… pic.twitter.com/B7DWLODIIX