Bitcoin Core 28.2

Author: fanquake

_posts/en/posts/2025-06-26-release-28.2.md

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+---
+title: Bitcoin Core 28.2 released
+name: blog-release-28.2
+id: en-blog-release-28.2
+lang: en
+type: posts
+layout: post
+
+## If this is a new post, reset this counter to 1.
+version: 1
+
+## Only true if release announcement or security annoucement. English posts only
+announcement: 1
+
+excerpt: >
+  Bitcoin Core 28.2 is now available.
+---
+Bitcoin Core version 28.2 is now available for [download][download
+page].  See the [release notes][] for more information about the
+bug fixes in this release.
+
+If you have any questions, please stop by the #bitcoin IRC chatroom
+([IRC][irc], [web][web irc]) and we’ll do our best to help you.
+
+[release notes]: /en/releases/28.2/
+[IRC]: irc://irc.libera.chat/bitcoin
+[web irc]: https://web.libera.chat/#bitcoin
+[download page]: /en/download
+
+{% include references.md %}

_releases/28.2.md

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+---
+title: Bitcoin Core 28.2
+id: en-release-28.2
+name: release-28.2
+permalink: /en/releases/28.2/
+excerpt: Bitcoin Core version 28.2 is now available
+date: 2025-06-26
+
+## Use a YAML array for the version number to allow other parts of the
+## site to correctly sort in "natural sort of version numbers".
+## Use the same number of elements as decimal places, e.g. "0.1.2 => [0,
+## 1, 2]" versus "1.2 => [1, 2]"
+release: [28, 2]
+
+## Optional magnet link.  To get it, open the torrent in a good BitTorrent client
+## and View Details, or install the transmission-cli Debian/Ubuntu package
+## and run: transmission-show -m <torrent file>
+#
+## Link should be enclosed in quotes and start with: "magnet:?
+optional_magnetlink: "magnet:?xt=urn:btih:7afc299da40a45400e560d535324c7147fc47a20&dn=bitcoin-core-28.2&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.openbittorrent.com%3A80&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.opentrackr.org%3A1337%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.coppersurfer.tk%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.leechers-paradise.org%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Fexplodie.org%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.torrent.eu.org%3A451%2Fannounce&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.bitcoin.sprovoost.nl%3A6969&ws=http%3A%2F%2Fbitcoincore.org%2Fbin%2F"
+
+# Note: it is recommended to check all links to ensure they use
+#       absolute urls (https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/doc/foo)
+#       rather than relative urls (/bitcoin/bitcoin/doc/foo).
+---
+{% include download.html %}
+{% githubify https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin %}
+28.2 Release Notes
+=====================
+
+Bitcoin Core version 28.2 is now available from:
+
+  <https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-28.2/>
+
+This release includes new features, various bug fixes and performance
+improvements, as well as updated translations.
+
+Please report bugs using the issue tracker at GitHub:
+
+  <https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues>
+
+To receive security and update notifications, please subscribe to:
+
+  <https://bitcoincore.org/en/list/announcements/join/>
+
+How to Upgrade
+==============
+
+If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely
+shut down (which might take a few minutes in some cases), then run the
+installer (on Windows) or just copy over `/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt` (on macOS)
+or `bitcoind`/`bitcoin-qt` (on Linux).
+
+Upgrading directly from a version of Bitcoin Core that has reached its EOL is
+possible, but it might take some time if the data directory needs to be migrated. Old
+wallet versions of Bitcoin Core are generally supported.
+
+Compatibility
+==============
+
+Bitcoin Core is supported and extensively tested on operating systems
+using the Linux Kernel 3.17+, macOS 11.0+, and Windows 7 and newer. Bitcoin
+Core should also work on most other UNIX-like systems but is not as
+frequently tested on them. It is not recommended to use Bitcoin Core on
+unsupported systems.
+
+Notable changes
+===============
+
+### Build
+
+- #31407 guix: Notarize MacOS app bundle and codesign all MacOS and Windows binaries
+- #31500 depends: Fix compiling libevent package on NetBSD
+- #31627 depends: Fix spacing issue
+- #32070 build: use make < 3.82 syntax for define directive
+- #32439 guix: accomodate migration to codeberg
+- #32568 depends: use "mkdir -p" when installing xproto
+- #32693 depends: fix cmake compatibility error for freetype
+
+### Test
+
+- #32286 test: Handle empty string returned by CLI as None in RPC tests
+- #32336 test: Suppress upstream -Wduplicate-decl-specifier in bpfcc
+
+### Tracing
+
+- #31623 tracing: Rename the MIN macro to TRACEPOINT_TEST_MIN in log_raw_p2p_msgs
+
+### Doc
+
+- #32003 doc: remove note about macOS self-signing
+
+### Misc
+
+- #31611 doc: upgrade license to 2025
+- #32187 refactor: Remove spurious virtual from final ~CZMQNotificationInterface
+
+Credits
+=======
+
+Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release:
+- 0xB10C
+- achow101
+- Brandon Odiwuor
+- fanquake
+- Hennadii Stepanov
+- josibake
+- kehiy
+- MarcoFalke
+- Sjors Provoost
+
+As well as to everyone that helped with translations on
+[Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/).
+{% endgithubify %}