Bitcoin Core policy now allows backporting security fixes to older versions

Community Trust Score Verified 88 % Real Verified 40 votes Updated 1 minute ago Bitcoin Core developers merged a policy amendment on Oct. 22 that permits the backporting of fixes for easily rediscovered vulnerabilities to every maintained release line. The amendment also allows developers to publish an advisory alongside these backported fixes. The policy change addresses a significant portion of the network running outdated software. A network snapshot taken on Oct. 18 indicated that 3,671 of 8,422 self-reported Bitcoin Core peers were operating release lines that had already reached end of life. This figure represents 43.6% of the surveyed peers.