Bitcoin Core 32 enters final testing with faster validation, fee changes and security fixes
The October update changes how nodes estimate transaction fees and process blocks, while fixing a wallet flaw that could let an authenticated user run commands on a node.
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Summary
- Bitcoin Core 32.0 entered final testing on Sept. 14, with its finished release scheduled for Oct. 10.
- The update aims to improve fee estimates, accelerate block processing and make PSBT version 2 the default for several wallet commands without changing Bitcoin’s consensus rules.
- Developers fixed a command-execution vulnerability affecting certain wallet configurations and a memory-exhaustion flaw in the new web server before the software’s stable release.
