Bitcoin Core 30.0 Is Live — Major Update Boosts Wallet Efficiency and Data Capacity

The Bitcoin Core team has released version 30.0 a major update focused on performance and ￰0￱ new version introduces faster wallet indexing expanded OP_RETURN capacity and several backend improvements without changing Bitcoin’s consensus ￰1￱ Enhancements Version 30.0 improves wallet data handling

accelerates transaction lookups and optimizes memory usage for node ￰2￱ expanded OP_RETURN limit allows larger metadata storage supporting developers who rely on on-chain data ￰3￱ Compatibility and Security The release remains fully compatible with earlier ￰4￱ operators can upgrade at any time to benefit from higher stability updated RPC tools

and hardened security ￰5￱ binaries are signed and available through ￰6￱ and ￰7￱ Development Developers describe 30.0 as an incremental upgrade that strengthens Bitcoin’s infrastructure while keeping the protocol ￰8￱ has already begun on version 31.0 expected to add new peer-to-peer and UTXO management features in 2026.