Bitcoin Core update improves performance, privacy, and fee estimation without altering consensus rules. BIP324 (encrypted P2P) is partially implemented and available for testing. Taproot support is ...

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The OP_RETURN debate splits Bitcoin users: Bitcoin Core 30.0 allows data embedding, while Bitcoin Knots pushes back, fearing spam, rising fees, and regulatory risks. The debate is quite technical, ...

Bitcoin Core 29.1 cut the default minimum relay fee from 1 sat/vB to 0.1 sat/vB, making Bitcoin transactions significantly cheaper while keeping DoS protection. Bitcoin’s core software lowered the ...

The developers of Bitcoin Core, the primary open-source software for connecting the blockchain behind the world's largest cryptocurrency, said October's version 30 release will increase the default ...