bitcoin/doc/release-notes.md

Bitcoin Core version 29.3rc1 is now available from:

https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-29.3/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 tested on operating systems using the Linux Kernel 3.17+, macOS 13+, and Windows 10+. 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

P2P

• #33050 net, validation: don't punish peers for consensus-invalid txs
• #33723 chainparams: remove dnsseed.bitcoin.dashjr-list-of-p2p-nodes.us

Validation

• #32473 Introduce per-txin sighash midstate cache for legacy/p2sh/segwitv0 scripts
• #33105 validation: detect witness stripping without re-running Script checks

Wallet

• #33268 wallet: Identify transactions spending 0-value outputs, and add tests for anchor outputs in a wallet
• #34156 wallet: fix unnamed legacy wallet migration failure
• #34226 wallet: test: Relative wallet failed migration cleanup
• #34123 wallet: migration, avoid creating spendable wallet from a watch-only legacy wallet
• #34215 wallettool: fix unnamed createfromdump failure walletsdir deletion

Mining

• #33475 bugfix: miner: fix addPackageTxs unsigned integer overflow

Build

• #34227 guix: Fix osslsigncode tests

Documentation

• #33623 doc: document capnproto and libmultiprocess deps in 29.x

Test

• #33612 test: change log rate limit version gate

Misc

• #33508 ci: fix buildx gha cache authentication on forks
• #33581 ci: Properly include $FILE_ENV in DEPENDS_HASH

Credits

Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release:

• Anthony Towns
• Antoine Poinsot
• Ava Chow
• David Gumberg
• Eugene Siegel
• fanquake
• furszy
• Hennadii Stepanov
• ismaelsadeeq
• Pieter Wuille
• SatsAndSports
• willcl-ark

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