Bitcoin Core 28.0 Launches With Major Improvements
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This week, the Bitcoin development team announced the launch of the Bitcoin Core 28.0 version bringing along major bug fixes and performance improvements to the BTC mainnet. As we know, the Bitcoin Core is a critical program within the BTC ecosystem that helps in maintaining decentralization. Bitcoin Core 28.0 Version Brings Higher Security The BTC development team has published the release notes outlining several updates designed to boost the program’s functionality and security. Along with the bug fixes, the recent update focuses on introducing more security and privacy features for the users. Bitcoin Core 28.0 has been released! Welcome Testnet4 😁https://t.co/LZDKhXy7KF — Jameson Lopp (@lopp) October 5, 2024 Last month, the BTC developers issued a warning about a high-risk vulnerability and a software bug that was affecting one in every six Bitcoin nodes. The vulnerability allowed malicious actors to launch a DoS attack by exhausting nodes with low-difficulty header chains. This would need the nodes to download long chains exceeding their bandwidth thereby ultimately resulting into its potential crash. With the latest version update, the Bitcoin Core developers have patched this vulnerability along with additional security enhancements. Back in August, BTC Core integrated new security advisories in order to keep the protocol safe amid the growing adoption. In addition to this update, the BTC Core 28.0 version supports reproducible builds that allow experienced users to compile identical binaries along with those distributed on the BTC Core official website. This feature helps to boost trust and transparency within the BTC community. The good thing is that Bitcoin Core has relatively high system requirements compared to other Bitcoin software. By default, it allows up to 125 peer connections, with 11 outbound connections. This connectivity ensures that users stay integrated within the Bitcoin network, contributing to its decentralized structure. Where’s BTC going Next?…
Filed under: News - @ October 5, 2024 6:13 am