Bitcoin Core v29.1 release candidate available

glozow · July 28, 2025, 7:11pm

Binaries for Bitcoin Core version v29.1rc1 are available from:

Source code can be found under the signed tag

This is a release candidate for a new minor version release.

Preliminary release notes for the release can be found here:

doc/release-notes.md

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Bitcoin Core version 29.1rc1 is now available from:

  <https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-29.1/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>

To receive security and update notifications, please subscribe to:

  <https://bitcoincore.org/en/list/announcements/join/>

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

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Release candidates are test versions for releases. When no critical problems are found, this release candidate will be tagged as v29.1. Please test! If you run into issues, please report them via the Github issue tracker: GitHub · Where software is built

I will update this post if we have further release candidates.