Bitcoin Core 24.2

Author: fanquake

_posts/en/posts/2023-10-26-release-24.2.md

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+---
+title: Bitcoin Core 24.2 released
+name: blog-release-24.2
+id: en-blog-release-24.2
+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 24.2 is now available.
+---
+Bitcoin Core version 24.2 is now available for [download][download
+page].  See the [release notes][] for more information about the many
+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/24.2/
+[IRC]: irc://irc.libera.chat/bitcoin
+[web irc]: https://web.libera.chat/#bitcoin
+[download page]: /en/download
+
+{% include references.md %}

_releases/24.2.md

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+---
+title: Bitcoin Core 24.2
+id: en-release-24.2
+name: release-24.2
+permalink: /en/releases/24.2/
+excerpt: Bitcoin Core version 24.2 is now available
+date: 2023-10-26
+
+## 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: [24, 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:6bde4d046f4aa794df4f3603688cb22e0a8a4a68&dn=bitcoin-core-24.2&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 %}
+24.2 Release Notes
+==================
+
+Bitcoin Core version 24.2 is now available from:
+
+  <https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-24.2/>
+
+This release includes 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, macOS 10.15+, 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.
+
+### Fees
+
+- #27622 Fee estimation: avoid serving stale fee estimate
+
+### RPC and other APIs
+
+- #27727 rpc: Fix invalid bech32 address handling
+
+### Build System
+
+- #28097 depends: xcb-proto 1.15.2
+- #28543 build, macos: Fix qt package build with new Xcode 15 linker
+- #28571 depends: fix unusable memory_resource in macos qt build
+
+### CI
+
+- #27777 ci: Prune dangling images on RESTART_CI_DOCKER_BEFORE_RUN
+- #27834 ci: Nuke Android APK task, Use credits for tsan
+- #27844 ci: Use podman stop over podman kill
+- #27886 ci: Switch to amd64 container in "ARM" task
+
+### Miscellaneous
+- #28452 Do not use std::vector = {} to release memory
+
+Credits
+=======
+
+Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release:
+
+- Abubakar Sadiq Ismail
+- Hennadii Stepanov
+- Marco Falke
+- Michael Ford
+- Pieter Wuille
+
+As well as to everyone that helped with translations on
+[Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/).
+{% endgithubify %}