Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#35674: [29.x] Finalise 29.4

11d079d8b8 doc: update manual pages for v29.4 (fanquake)
184639fb1c doc: update release notes for v29.4 (fanquake)
873e354b6b build: bump version to v29.4 (fanquake)

Pull request description:

  The [`v29.4rc1` bins](https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-29.4/test.rc1/) have been up for nearly 2 weeks. There doesn't seem to be anything else that needs backporting, and no issues have been reported. Finalise `v29.4`.

ACKs for top commit:
  sedited:
    ACK 11d079d8b8
  willcl-ark:
    ACK 11d079d8b8

Tree-SHA512: 7beac3b0c2d7954146262c8be7027bbf42179ef5f8ebb66392aaab0e1255a06890770d27671f9a96b7f3e60e61c3f809cf0b83f2994bf41b947c6f1d5571eb59

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ set(CLIENT_NAME "Bitcoin Core")
 set(CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR 29)
 set(CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR 4)
 set(CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD 0)
-set(CLIENT_VERSION_RC 1)
+set(CLIENT_VERSION_RC 0)
 set(CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE "true")
 set(COPYRIGHT_YEAR "2025")
 

doc/man/bitcoin-cli.1

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH BITCOIN-CLI "1" "June 2026" "bitcoin-cli v29.4.0rc1" "User Commands"
+.TH BITCOIN-CLI "1" "July 2026" "bitcoin-cli v29.4.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-bitcoin-cli \- manual page for bitcoin-cli v29.4.0rc1
+bitcoin-cli \- manual page for bitcoin-cli v29.4.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B bitcoin-cli
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] \fI\,<command> \/\fR[\fI\,params\/\fR]
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ bitcoin-cli \- manual page for bitcoin-cli v29.4.0rc1
 .B bitcoin-cli
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] \fI\,help <command>\/\fR
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-Bitcoin Core RPC client version v29.4.0rc1
+Bitcoin Core RPC client version v29.4.0
 .PP
 The bitcoin\-cli utility provides a command line interface to interact with a Bitcoin Core RPC server.
 .PP

doc/man/bitcoin-qt.1

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH BITCOIN-QT "1" "June 2026" "bitcoin-qt v29.4.0rc1" "User Commands"
+.TH BITCOIN-QT "1" "July 2026" "bitcoin-qt v29.4.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-bitcoin-qt \- manual page for bitcoin-qt v29.4.0rc1
+bitcoin-qt \- manual page for bitcoin-qt v29.4.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B bitcoin-qt
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] [\fI\,URI\/\fR]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-Bitcoin Core version v29.4.0rc1
+Bitcoin Core version v29.4.0
 .PP
 The bitcoin\-qt application provides a graphical interface for interacting with Bitcoin Core.
 .PP

doc/man/bitcoin-tx.1

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH BITCOIN-TX "1" "June 2026" "bitcoin-tx v29.4.0rc1" "User Commands"
+.TH BITCOIN-TX "1" "July 2026" "bitcoin-tx v29.4.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-bitcoin-tx \- manual page for bitcoin-tx v29.4.0rc1
+bitcoin-tx \- manual page for bitcoin-tx v29.4.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B bitcoin-tx
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] \fI\,<hex-tx> \/\fR[\fI\,commands\/\fR]
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ bitcoin-tx \- manual page for bitcoin-tx v29.4.0rc1
 .B bitcoin-tx
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] \fI\,-create \/\fR[\fI\,commands\/\fR]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-Bitcoin Core bitcoin\-tx utility version v29.4.0rc1
+Bitcoin Core bitcoin\-tx utility version v29.4.0
 .PP
 The bitcoin\-tx tool is used for creating and modifying bitcoin transactions.
 .PP

doc/man/bitcoin-util.1

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH BITCOIN-UTIL "1" "June 2026" "bitcoin-util v29.4.0rc1" "User Commands"
+.TH BITCOIN-UTIL "1" "July 2026" "bitcoin-util v29.4.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-bitcoin-util \- manual page for bitcoin-util v29.4.0rc1
+bitcoin-util \- manual page for bitcoin-util v29.4.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B bitcoin-util
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] [\fI\,command\/\fR]
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ bitcoin-util \- manual page for bitcoin-util v29.4.0rc1
 .B bitcoin-util
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] \fI\,grind <hex-block-header>\/\fR
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-Bitcoin Core bitcoin\-util utility version v29.4.0rc1
+Bitcoin Core bitcoin\-util utility version v29.4.0
 .PP
 The bitcoin\-util tool provides bitcoin related functionality that does not rely on the ability to access a running node. Available [commands] are listed below.
 .SH OPTIONS

doc/man/bitcoin-wallet.1

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH BITCOIN-WALLET "1" "June 2026" "bitcoin-wallet v29.4.0rc1" "User Commands"
+.TH BITCOIN-WALLET "1" "July 2026" "bitcoin-wallet v29.4.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-bitcoin-wallet \- manual page for bitcoin-wallet v29.4.0rc1
+bitcoin-wallet \- manual page for bitcoin-wallet v29.4.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B bitcoin-wallet
 [\fI\,options\/\fR] \fI\,<command>\/\fR
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-Bitcoin Core bitcoin\-wallet utility version v29.4.0rc1
+Bitcoin Core bitcoin\-wallet utility version v29.4.0
 .PP
 bitcoin\-wallet is an offline tool for creating and interacting with Bitcoin Core wallet files.
 .PP

doc/man/bitcoind.1

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.49.3.
-.TH BITCOIND "1" "June 2026" "bitcoind v29.4.0rc1" "User Commands"
+.TH BITCOIND "1" "July 2026" "bitcoind v29.4.0" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
-bitcoind \- manual page for bitcoind v29.4.0rc1
+bitcoind \- manual page for bitcoind v29.4.0
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B bitcoind
 [\fI\,options\/\fR]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-Bitcoin Core daemon version v29.4.0rc1
+Bitcoin Core daemon version v29.4.0
 .PP
 The Bitcoin Core daemon (bitcoind) is a headless program that connects to the Bitcoin network to validate and relay transactions and blocks, as well as relaying addresses.
 .PP

doc/release-notes.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-Bitcoin Core version 29.4rc1 is now available from:
+Bitcoin Core version 29.4 is now available from:
 
-  <https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-29.4/test.rc1/>
+  <https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-29.4/>
 
 This release includes various bug fixes and performance
 improvements, as well as updated translations.