Bitcoin Core 28.1 ✅

Bitcoin Core 28.1 is recommended for all node operators, miners, and developers. Its careful balance of new features and conservative fixes ensures that the Bitcoin network remains the most secure, decentralized, and predictable blockchain system in existence.

For developers and power users building from source, 28.1 fixes library conflicts on Windows by using the -gcc-posix flag and resolves compilation issues on NetBSD. Refining Version 28.0 Features bitcoin core 28.1

Improvement due to signature cache optimizations and parallel UTXO flush. Bitcoin Core 28

Version 28 introduced "Package Relay," allowing nodes to accept and relay groups of related transactions together. This is vital for the usability of the Lightning Network, as it allows low-fee channel opening transactions to be confirmed alongside higher-fee child transactions (CPFP). Refining Version 28

Tests conducted on an (AMD EPYC, 2 vCPU, 4GB RAM, SSD) running Ubuntu 24.04.

Miners using getblocktemplate (GBT) with -blockmintxfee will notice that is now prioritized over individual feerate when selecting transactions. This reduces the chance of including a high-feerate transaction whose low-feerate ancestor is missing (which would make the block invalid).

Contributions to Bitcoin Core are welcome. You can contribute by reporting bugs, helping with translations, or contributing code.