# Bitcoin Core v30.0 release candidate is available

**URL:** <https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/bitcoin-core-v30-0-release-candidate-is-available/1980>\
**Category:** Implementation\
**Created:** [September 12, 2025, 10:10am UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/bitcoin-core-v30-0-release-candidate-is-available/1980 "2025-09-12T10:10:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 10:10am UTC](https://delvingbitcoin.org/t/bitcoin-core-v30-0-release-candidate-is-available/1980/1 "2025-09-12T10:10:56Z")

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Binaries for Bitcoin Core version v30.0rc1 are available from:

> **[Index of /bin/bitcoin-core-30.0/test.rc1/](https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-30.0/test.rc1/)**

Source code can be found under the signed tag

> **[GitHub - bitcoin/bitcoin at v30.0rc1](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/tree/v30.0rc1)**
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> v30.0rc1

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

Preliminary release notes for the release can be found here: [v30.0 Release Notes Draft · bitcoin-core/bitcoin-devwiki Wiki · GitHub](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoin-devwiki/wiki/v30.0-Release-Notes-Draft)

There is also a testing guide here: [30.0 Release Candidate Testing Guide · bitcoin-core/bitcoin-devwiki Wiki · GitHub](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoin-devwiki/wiki/30.0-Release-Candidate-Testing-Guide)

Please put your issues or comments here: [GitHub · Where software is built](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/33368)

Release candidates are test versions for releases. When no critical problems are found, this release candidate will be tagged as v30.0.

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