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Bitcoin Core version 28.x is now available from:

https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-28.x/test.rc1/

This release includes various bug fixes and performance improvements, as well as updated translations.

Please report bugs using the issue tracker at GitHub:

https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues

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How to Upgrade

If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely shut down (which might take a few minutes in some cases), then run the installer (on Windows) or just copy over /Applications/Bitcoin-Qt (on macOS) or bitcoind/bitcoin-qt (on Linux).

Upgrading directly from a version of Bitcoin Core that has reached its EOL is possible, but it might take some time if the data directory needs to be migrated. Old wallet versions of Bitcoin Core are generally supported.

Compatibility

Bitcoin Core is supported and extensively tested on operating systems using the Linux Kernel 3.17+, macOS 11.0+, and Windows 7 and newer. Bitcoin Core should also work on most other UNIX-like systems but is not as frequently tested on them. It is not recommended to use Bitcoin Core on unsupported systems.

Notable changes

Test

  • #32765 test: Fix list index out of range error in feature_bip68_sequence.py
  • #33001 test: Do not pass tests on unhandled exceptions

Build

  • #32678 guix: warn and abort when SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is set
  • #32943 depends: Force CMAKE_EXPORT_NO_PACKAGE_REGISTRY=TRUE
  • #33073 guix: warn SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH set in guix-codesign

Doc

  • #32776 doc: taproot became always active in v24.0
  • #32777 doc: fix Transifex 404s
  • #33070 doc/zmq: fix unix socket path example
  • #33133 rpc: fix getpeerinfo ping duration unit docs

Credits

Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release:

  • 0xB10C
  • fanquake
  • Hennadii Stepanov
  • MarcoFalke
  • romanz
  • Sjors Provoost
  • willcl-ark
  • zaidmstrr

As well as to everyone that helped with translations on Transifex.