bitcoin/doc/release-notes.md

v30.3rc1 Release Notes

Bitcoin Core version v30.3rc1 is now available from:

https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-30.3/test.rc1/

This release includes new features, 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

This release fixes an issue where the chainstate database would repeatedly rewrite large portions of itself, causing excessive disk reads and writes during normal operation.

Validation

• #35209 validation: correct lifetime of precomputed tx data
• #35465 coins: compact chainstate regularly

Leveldb

• #61(bitcoin-core/leveldb): Disable seek compaction

Wallet

• #34358 wallet: fix removeprunedfunds bug with conflicting transactions
• #34870 wallet: feebumper, fix crash when combined bump fee is unavailable
• #34888 wallet: fix amount computed as boolean in coin selection
• #35228 wallet: use outpoint when estimating input size

Net

• #34093 netif: fix compilation warning in QueryDefaultGatewayImpl()
• #34549 net: reduce log level for PCP/NAT-PMP NOT_AUTHORIZED failures

PSBT

• #34272 psbt: Fix PSBTInputSignedAndVerified bounds assert
• #34219 psbt: validate pubkeys in MuSig2 pubnonce/partial sig deserialization

Miniscript

• #34434 miniscript: correct and_v() properties

Build

• #34228 depends: Unset SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH in gen_id script
• #34281 build: Temporarily remove confusing and brittle -fdebug-prefix-map
• #34554 build: avoid exporting secp256k1 symbols
• #34627 guix: use a temporary file over sponge, drop moreutils
• #34713 depends: Allow building Qt packages after interruption
• #34754 depends: Qt fixes for GCC 16 compatibility
• #34787 build: fix native macOS deployment
• #34848 cmake: Migrate away from deprecated SQLite3 target
• #34956 depends, qt: Fix build on aarch64 macOS 26.4

Test

• #34185 test: fix feature_pruning when built without wallet
• #34282 qa: Fix Windows logging bug
• #34390 test: allow overriding tar in get_previous_releases.py
• #34409 test: use ModuleNotFoundError in interface_ipc.py
• #34445 fuzz: Use AFL_SHM_ID for naming test directories
• #34608 test: Fix broken --valgrind handling after bitcoin wrapper
• #34690 test: Add missing timeout_factor to zmq socket
• #34869 tests: applied PYTHON_GIL to the env for every test
• #34918 fuzz: [refactor] Remove unused g_setup pointers
• #35080 test: Add missing self.options.timeout_factor scale in tool_bitcoin_chainstate.py

Util

• #34597 util: Fix UB in SetStdinEcho when ENOTTY

Doc

• #34252 doc: add 433 (Pay to Anchor) to bips.md
• #34413 doc: Remove outdated -fdebug-prefix-map section in dev notes
• #34510 doc: fix broken bpftrace installation link
• #34561 wallet: rpc: manpage: fix example missing fee_rate argument
• #34671 doc: Update Guix install for Debian/Ubuntu
• #34702 doc: Fix fee field in getblock RPC result
• #34706 doc: Improve dependencies.md IPC documentation
• #34789 doc: update build guides pre v31
• #35283 doc: mention -DWITH_ZMQ=ON in BSD build guides

CI

• #32513 ci: remove 3rd party js from windows dll gha job
• #34344 ci: update GitHub Actions versions
• #34453 ci: Always print low ccache hit rate notice
• #34461 ci: Print verbose build error message in test-each-commit
• #34802 ci: Bump GHA actions versions
• #34815 ci: bump cirruslabs actions versions
• #35202 ci: restore sockets in i686, no IPC job
• #35378 ci: switch runners from cirrus to warpbuild
• #35408 ci: 35378 followups

Misc

• #35175 multi_index: fix compilation failure with boost >= 1.91

Credits

Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release:

• ANAVHEOBA
• andrewtoth
• brunoerg
• Cory Fields
• Daniel Pfeifer
• darosior
• fanquake
• furszy
• Hennadii Stepanov
• jayvaliya
• junbyjun1238
• kevkevinpal
• Lőrinc
• m3dwards
• marcofleon
• MarcoFalke
• mzumsande
• nervana21
• Padraic Slattery
• ryanofsky
• Sebastian Falbesoner
• SomberNight
• tboy1337
• theuni
• ToRyVand
• willcl-ark

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