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Almost six months after the debut of Bitcoin Core 27.0, the BTC development team has launched the latest update to the protocol. This new iteration, called Bitcoin Core 28.0, includes several improvements and bug fixes for Bitcoin mainnet.
Bitcoin development team aims to improve security and privacy
This week, the Bitcoin development team published a memo highlighting a number of updates aimed at improving the program’s functionality and security. Bitcoin Core 28.0 provides users with upgraded privacy features, along with security enhancements and other bug fixes.
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This occurred just weeks after developers notified the public of the emergence of high-risk vulnerabilities and software bugs. These loopholes were concentrated in one in six Bitcoin nodes and disrupted their operations. Precisely, these vulnerabilities make nodes highly vulnerable to DoS attacks from malicious attackers. All the attacker had to do was exhaust the nodes in the less difficult header chain.
If these nodes were allowed to download long chains that exceeded their bandwidth, a crash could occur. With Bitcoin Core 28.0 and its additional security enhancements, this is no longer a challenge. This latest development largely supports reproducible builds, allowing experienced users to compile identical binaries in addition to those distributed on the BTC Core official website.
In the long run, it will foster trust and transparency within the BTC community.
Bitcoin price rises slightly
The outlook for the Bitcoin market took a new turn on September 18th, shortly after the US Federal Reserve announced a 50 basis point interest rate cut. The flagship cryptocurrency rose well above $60,000 after dwindling below this level for several days. After a few days, the coin plummeted and started trading sideways.
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Recently, Bitcoin rallied towards $62,000, but refused to record further gains even after the US jobs report was released. The coin is currently trading at $62,121.25, up 1.65% in 24 hours, according to CoinMarketCap data.
Although not immediate, the Bitcoin Core update could have an impact on overall performance if investors factor this in properly.
