Bitcoin Core version 28.x is now available from: 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: To receive security and update notifications, please subscribe to: 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. Running Bitcoin Core binaries on macOS requires self signing. ``` cd /path/to/bitcoin-28.x/bin xattr -d com.apple.quarantine bitcoin-cli bitcoin-qt bitcoin-tx bitcoin-util bitcoin-wallet bitcoind test_bitcoin codesign -s - bitcoin-cli bitcoin-qt bitcoin-tx bitcoin-util bitcoin-wallet bitcoind test_bitcoin ``` 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 =============== ### Build - #31627 depends: Fix spacing issue - #31500 depends: Fix compiling libevent package on NetBSD ### Tracing - #31623 tracing: Rename the MIN macro to TRACEPOINT_TEST_MIN in log_raw_p2p_msgs ### Misc - #31611 doc: upgrade license to 2025 Credits ======= - 0xB10C - Hennadii Stepanov - kehiy Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release: As well as to everyone that helped with translations on [Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/).