Bitcoin Core
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Bitcoin Core is free and open-source software that serves as a bitcoin node (the set of which form the Bitcoin network) and provides a bitcoin wallet which fully verifies payments. It is considered to be bitcoin’s reference implementation.
| Release | Released | Security Support | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 4 months ago (14 Apr 2025) |
Yes |
29.0
(11 Apr 2025)
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| 28 | 10 months ago (02 Oct 2024) |
Yes |
28.2
(19 Jun 2025)
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| 27 | 1 year and 4 months ago (16 Apr 2024) |
Yes |
27.2
(31 Oct 2024)
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| 26 | 1 year and 8 months ago (06 Dec 2023) |
Ended
4 months ago (14 Apr 2025)
|
26.2
(03 Jul 2024)
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| 25 | 2 years and 3 months ago (18 May 2023) |
Ended
10 months ago (02 Oct 2024)
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25.2
(04 Apr 2024)
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| 24 | 2 years and 8 months ago (24 Nov 2022) |
Ended
1 year and 4 months ago (02 Apr 2024)
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24.2
(23 Oct 2023)
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| 23 | 3 years ago (25 Apr 2022) |
Ended
1 year and 8 months ago (01 Dec 2023)
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23.2
(16 May 2023)
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| 22 | 3 years and 11 months ago (13 Sep 2021) |
Ended
2 years and 4 months ago (01 Apr 2023)
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22.1
(05 Dec 2022)
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| 0.21 | 4 years and 7 months ago (15 Jan 2021) |
Ended
2 years and 10 months ago (01 Oct 2022)
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0.21.2
(23 Sep 2021)
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| 0.20 | 5 years ago (03 Jun 2020) |
Ended
3 years and 6 months ago (01 Feb 2022)
|
0.20.2
(18 Oct 2021)
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| 0.19 | 5 years and 8 months ago (24 Nov 2019) |
Ended
4 years ago (01 Aug 2021)
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0.19.2
(07 Jan 2021)
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| 0.18 | 6 years ago (02 May 2019) |
Ended
4 years and 6 months ago (01 Feb 2021)
|
0.18.1
(02 Aug 2019)
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| 0.17 | 6 years and 10 months ago (03 Oct 2018) |
Ended
5 years ago (01 Aug 2020)
|
0.17.2
(02 Oct 2019)
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| 0.16 | 7 years ago (26 Feb 2018) |
Ended
5 years ago (01 Feb 2020)
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0.16.3
(18 Sep 2018)
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| 0.15 | 7 years and 11 months ago (15 Sep 2017) |
Ended
6 years ago (01 Aug 2019)
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0.15.2
(19 Sep 2018)
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| 0.14 | 8 years ago (08 Mar 2017) |
Ended
6 years ago (01 Feb 2019)
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0.14.3
(20 Sep 2018)
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| 0.13 | 8 years and 12 months ago (23 Aug 2016) |
Ended
7 years ago (01 Aug 2018)
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0.13.2
(02 Jan 2017)
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| 0.12 | 9 years ago (23 Feb 2016) |
Ended
7 years ago (28 Feb 2018)
|
0.12.1
(14 Apr 2016)
|
| 0.11 | 10 years ago (12 Jul 2015) |
Ended
8 years ago (01 Aug 2017)
|
0.11.3
(09 Mar 2017)
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| 0.10 | 10 years ago (16 Feb 2015) |
Ended
8 years ago (28 Feb 2017)
|
0.10.5
(09 Mar 2017)
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| 0.9 | 11 years ago (19 Mar 2014) |
Ended
9 years ago (28 Feb 2016)
|
0.9.5
(21 May 2015)
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| 0.8 | 12 years ago (19 Feb 2013) |
Ended
9 years ago (31 Dec 2015)
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0.8.6
(09 Dec 2013)
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Bitcoin Core releases are versioned as follows: MAJOR.MINOR with:
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MAJORbeing incremented for major releases, which may include breaking changes. -
MINORbeing incremented for maintenance releases, which may include minor features and consensus rule updates.
The last three major releases are maintained. The last two are actively maintained with minor features, consensus rule updates, as well as bug and security fixes. The release before that only receives critical security fixes.
More information is available on the Bitcoin Core website.
You should be running one of the supported release numbers listed above in the rightmost column.
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.
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