{"id":133042,"date":"2024-07-14T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T07:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/?p=133042"},"modified":"2024-07-13T20:04:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T17:04:57","slug":"bitcoin-developers-unveil-historic-security-fixes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptodnes.bg\/en\/bitcoin-developers-unveil-historic-security-fixes\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Developers Unveil Historic Security Fixes"},"content":{"rendered":"

However, a recent shift toward transparency has brought to light a significant history of these mistakes in Bitcoin\u2019s<\/a><\/strong> development.<\/p>\n

Back in January 2021, Aaron van Wirdum announced the release of Bitcoin Core 0.21.0, a major upgrade signed by Wladimir van der Laan, Bitcoin\u2019s lead maintainer at the time.<\/p>\n

This release included over 600 pull requests, addressing critical bugs that, if left unpatched, could have been exploited to steal Bitcoin. Despite the significant improvements introduced, older versions such as 0.20.1 and below are now considered \u2018end of life\u2019 as they are no longer maintained.<\/p>\n