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124.1 Release Notes2==================4Bitcoin Core version 24.1 is now available from:6<https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-24.1/>8This release includes various bug fixes and performance9improvements, as well as updated translations.11Please report bugs using the issue tracker at GitHub:13<https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues>15To receive security and update notifications, please subscribe to:17<https://bitcoincore.org/en/list/announcements/join/>19How to Upgrade20==============22If you are running an older version, shut it down. Wait until it has completely23shut down (which might take a few minutes in some cases), then run the24installer (on Windows) or just copy over `/Applications/Bitcoin-Qt` (on macOS)25or `bitcoind`/`bitcoin-qt` (on Linux).27Upgrading directly from a version of Bitcoin Core that has reached its EOL is28possible, but it might take some time if the data directory needs to be migrated. Old29wallet versions of Bitcoin Core are generally supported.31Compatibility32==============34Bitcoin Core is supported and extensively tested on operating systems35using the Linux kernel, macOS 10.15+, and Windows 7 and newer. Bitcoin36Core should also work on most other Unix-like systems but is not as37frequently tested on them. It is not recommended to use Bitcoin Core on38unsupported systems.40### P2P42- #26878 I2P network optimizations43- #26909 net: prevent peers.dat corruptions by only serializing once44- #27608 p2p: Avoid prematurely clearing download state for other peers45- #27610 Improve performance of p2p inv to send queues47### RPC and other APIs49- #26515 rpc: Require NodeStateStats object in getpeerinfo50- #27279 doc: fix/improve warning helps in {create,load,unload,restore}wallet51- #27468 rest: avoid segfault for invalid URI53### Build System55- #26944 depends: fix systemtap download URL56- #27462 depends: fix compiling bdb with clang-16 on aarch6458### Wallet60- #26595 wallet: be able to specify a wallet name and passphrase to migratewallet61- #26675 wallet: For feebump, ignore abandoned descendant spends62- #26679 wallet: Skip rescanning if wallet is more recent than tip63- #26761 wallet: fully migrate address book entries for watchonly/solvable wallets64- #27053 wallet: reuse change dest when re-creating TX with avoidpartialspends65- #27080 wallet: Zero out wallet master key upon locking so it doesn't persist in memory66- #27473 wallet: Properly handle "unknown" Address Type68### GUI changes70- gui#687 Load PSBTs using istreambuf_iterator rather than istream_iterator71- gui#704 Correctly limit overview transaction list73### Miscellaneous75- #26880 ci: replace Intel macOS CI job76- #26924 refactor: Add missing includes to fix gcc-13 compile error78Credits79=======81Thanks to everyone who directly contributed to this release:83- Andrew Chow84- Anthony Towns85- Hennadii Stepanov86- John Moffett87- Jon Atack88- Marco Falke89- Martin Zumsande90- Matthew Zipkin91- Michael Ford92- pablomartin4btc93- Sebastian Falbesoner94- Suhas Daftuar95- Thomas Nguyen96- Vasil Dimov98As well as to everyone that helped with translations on99[Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/).
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