Bitcoin, Explained — The Technical Side of Bitcoin

Episode 92: Bitcoin Core 27.0

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors explain what new features are included in the upcoming Bitcoin Core 27.0 release. https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoin-devwiki/wiki/27.0-Release-Candidate-Testing...

2024-04-10

Episode notes

In this episode of Bitcoin, Explained, Aaron and Sjors explain what new features are included in the upcoming Bitcoin Core 27.0 release.


https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoin-devwiki/wiki/27.0-Release-Candidate-Testing-Guide


Chapters


00:00:00 Welcome and Coinkite: OPENDIME

00:01:15 Bitcoin Core 27.0 and the release process

00:06:25 Deprecating libbitcoinconsensus and the kernel project

00:10:39 Saving the mempool and avoiding antivirus false positives

00:17:15 BIP 324: encrypted connections by default

00:20:39 Removing network-adjusted time

00:24:49 Windows hardware wallet signing disabled

00:27:43 CoinGrinder: coin selection during high fees

00:33:21 Testing the release and maintaining older versions


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