Bitcoin Core 32.0 Speeds Up Node Performance Ahead of October Release

The upcoming Bitcoin Core 32.0 release aims to improve the speed and security of full nodes on the network, with a target release date of October 10.

Bitcoin Core is the open-source program that powers most full nodes on the Bitcoin network.

The update focuses on under-the-hood improvements rather than changing any consensus rules.

One key performance improvement comes from rethinking how blocks are validated, with parallel transaction input fetching during block validation resulting in up to 3x faster initial block downloads.