Release announcement: Bitcoin Cash Node v29.2.0

The Bitcoin Cash Node (BCHN) project is pleased to announce its minor release version 29.2.0.

It contains several corrections and improvements, most notably, the node now natively signs transactions using Schnorr signatures by default, to align better with other software in the space such as Electron Cash and Selene wallet, increasing privacy throughout the network. Many RPCs were updated and/or added to maintain compatibility with other software in the BTC space. Additionally, many internal optimizations were made to improve node performance and optimize memory usage in certain use cases.

Before you upgrade

1. The -excessiveblocksize= conf argument has been removed. Users previously specifying excessiveblocksize=X must remove the setting, otherwise bitcoind will refuse to start.

2. The node now signs all transactions with Schnorr signatures by default. Operators that depend on previous behavior should specify -signschnorr=0.

Users who are running any of our previous releases are strongly recommended to upgrade to v29.2.0.

For the full release notes, please visit:

https://gitlab.com/bitcoin-cash-node/bitcoin-cash-node/-/releases/v29.2.0

Executables and source code for supported platforms are available at the above link, or via the download page on our project website at

https://bitcoincashnode.org

We hope you enjoy our latest release and invite you to join us to improve Bitcoin Cash.

Sincerely,

The Bitcoin Cash Node team.