Bitcoin Core 32 enters final testing ahead of Oct. 10 release

Bitcoin Core developers have moved version 32.0 into release-candidate testing, with the stable software scheduled for a possible Oct. 10 release after weeks of public checks. Bitcoin Core 32 entered release-candidate testing on Sep. 14 following an August feature freeze. Parallel database reads could reduce block-validation times without changing Bitcoin’s block production rate. Four wallet commands will use PSBT version 2 by default while retaining the older format. Security fixes address unsafe wallet names and unauthenticated HTTP requests that caused heavy memory use. Bitcoin Core 32 targets an Oct. 10 release Bitcoin Core’s official release schedule shows that developers created the version 32 branch and started the release-candidate cycle on Sep. 14.

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