# Visualizing Taro

**Published by:** [Al Pacachino](https://paragraph.com/@hemhaw/)
**Published on:** 2022-09-05
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@hemhaw/visualizing-taro

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The Taro Plasma GlobeMuch ink has been spilled on Taproot Asset Representation Overlay, including a few lightning (pun intended) marketing rounds in April and 2Q22. After many sleepless nights learning and thinking about the protocol, here’s a visual of what I came up with:Taro Plasma GlobeThe Color of BitcoinApparently, Bitcoin Orange is a thing. And yes, Bitcoin should always stay orange. Specifically, #f2a900. As for Taro, perhaps it would be nice to specify #a900f2. While we’re at it, may I suggest #00f2a9 for assets represented on Taro? That would complete the Triadic Color scheme. Perfect harmony.Bitcoin's Triadic ColorSome thoughts, and a few silly questionsBlock space is inexpensive today. It makes sense to find use cases, without unnecessarily spamming Bitcoin. Time (and I guess the market) will tell whether this is a good use of resources. As of September 2022, when I hear “Taro”, Q-taro is still the first thing that comes mind (and not the vegetable). Let’s find out how deep this rabbit hole goes. Meanwhile: My asks are two-fold: (1) to keep Bitcoin orange. In many ways, the community has come a long way from P2SH, and Taproot certainly looks like a vast improvement from customized redeem scripts. It’s refreshing to build “natively” on Bitcoin, but let’s proceed with caution; (2) can someone point me to further readings and resources on Taro asset wallets (or LN wallets, in general)? Silly questions: (a) Will Arthur Hayes and team build Q-Taro? (pun-intended) (b) Wen Carrot? (c) TARO(T): Looks like testnet’s “T” has taken the commonly used abbreviation, can we keep it that way and keep token’s “T” separate?Other Resources:Lightning Labs officially launched Taro on April 5th, 2022 and a video primer was released two days later. I have included references of draft BIPs related to Taro, originally sent out by Lightning Labs’ CTO Olaoluwa Osuntokun: (a) The Taro protocol; (b) The hybrid data structure (MS-SMT); (c) The Taro Virtual Machine; (d) The Taro address format; (e) The Taro Universe concept; (f) The Taro flat file proof format Images created by Midjourney

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