[30.x] Finalise v30.0 #33559

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   fanquake commented at 10:38 am on October 7, 2025: member

   Finalise v30.0. Imports the release notes from https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoin-devwiki/wiki/v30.0-Release-Notes-Draft.
2. build: bump version to v30.0 d7c89ba74e
3. doc: update manual pages for v30.0 f725754615
4. fanquake added this to the milestone 30.0 on Oct 7, 2025
5. DrahtBot added the label Backport on Oct 7, 2025
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   DrahtBot commented at 10:38 am on October 7, 2025: contributor

   The following sections might be updated with supplementary metadata relevant to reviewers and maintainers.

   Code Coverage & Benchmarks

   For details see: https://corecheck.dev/bitcoin/bitcoin/pulls/33559.

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   pythonruss commented at 8:36 pm on October 7, 2025: none

   I would strongly suggest we back out of the PRs widening the op_return size. 20% of the network has switched to an alternative implementation just to avoid likely consequences here of having an vulnerable surface area where malicious actors can put files with illegal contents.
8. doc: re-import release notes for v30.0

   Taken from
   https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoin-devwiki/wiki/v30.0-Release-Notes-Draft.

   d615eb6998
9. fanquake force-pushed on Oct 8, 2025
10. 
    MasterixCZ commented at 9:48 am on October 8, 2025: none

    If the government’s laws could destroy Bitcoin, it would already be dead.
11. 
    thewrlck commented at 10:05 am on October 8, 2025: none

    -datacarriersize is increased to 100,000 by default, which effectively uncaps 🔥🔥🔥
12. in doc/release-notes.md:35 in d615eb6998

    31+
    32+Compatibility
    33+==============
    34+
    35+Bitcoin Core is supported and tested on operating systems using the
    36+Linux Kernel 3.17+, macOS 13+, and Windows 10+. Bitcoin
    

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    janb84 commented at 3:07 pm on October 8, 2025:

    0Linux Kernel 3.17+, macOS 14+, and Windows 10+. Bitcoin
    

    Nit: Should this not be 14+ now ? Given https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/33489

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    fanquake commented at 3:08 pm on October 8, 2025:

    That change isn’t in the 30.x branch.
13. fanquake marked this as ready for review on Oct 9, 2025
14. 
    instagibbs commented at 4:54 pm on October 9, 2025: member

    ACK d615eb6998eeccb9106854dffa95f36b319177e1

    reviewed the release notes

15. 
    achow101 commented at 5:55 pm on October 9, 2025: member

    ACK d615eb6998eeccb9106854dffa95f36b319177e1
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    janb84 commented at 6:08 pm on October 9, 2025: contributor

    ACK d615eb6998eeccb9106854dffa95f36b319177e1

    • code review ✅
    • checked release notes, they are the same except some grammar (line 184), style changes (" => ` etc) and removal of unused chapters / sections. ✅
    • cannot generate list of authors, I must be doing something wrong with the script.
17. darosior approved
18. 
    darosior commented at 7:00 pm on October 9, 2025: member

    ACK d615eb6998eeccb9106854dffa95f36b319177e1
19. glozow merged this on Oct 9, 2025
20. glozow closed this on Oct 9, 2025

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21. 
    l0rinc commented at 0:23 am on October 10, 2025: contributor

    I ran a full -reindex with v30.0 (d5e0077bef4cc4484242bb9a88a4840bc803c091) until current tip (height=918366) with default dbcache (=450 MB) and fully enabled script validation (-assumevalid=0): it finished successfully in 11 hours, 22 minutes.

    Post-merge ACK

22. 
    Dorex45 commented at 6:25 am on October 10, 2025: none

    ACK Reviewed the release notes.

    Finalise v30.0. Imports the release notes from https://github.com/bitcoin-core/bitcoin-devwiki/wiki/v30.0-Release-Notes-Draft.

23. fanquake deleted the branch on Oct 10, 2025

Contributors
fanquake DrahtBot pythonruss MasterixCZ thewrlck janb84 instagibbs achow101 darosior l0rinc Dorex45

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