Bitcoin Core 0.21.0 Released
- Source
- Bitcoin Corebitcoincore.org
- Originally published
- Original length
- 1 min read
- Language
- English
SATWEI summary
Bitcoin Core 0.21.0 adds signet test networks (BIP325) and ships Taproot's consensus rules from BIP341 and BIP342, active on signet but not on mainnet. Nodes also gain Tor v3 hidden services, BIP339 wtxid relay and the option to serve BIP157 compact filters to peers.
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