[31.x] Finalize 31.0 #35042

pull achow101 wants to merge 3 commits into bitcoin:31.x from achow101:finalize-31.0 changing 9 files +393 −22

achow101 commented at 6:43 PM on April 9, 2026: member

Final steps for 31.0, assuming rc4 has no major issues.
build: Bump to 31.0 bd40a32411
doc: update manpages for v31.0 6a25f3e3d4
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achow101 added this to the milestone 31.0 on Apr 9, 2026
fanquake commented at 7:39 AM on April 13, 2026: member

Pull the release notes in and undraft?
achow101 marked this as ready for review on Apr 13, 2026
achow101 commented at 8:42 PM on April 13, 2026: member

Updated release notes and ready for review
in doc/release-notes.md:35 in 672f3c337f outdated
```
  31 | +
  32 | +Compatibility
  33 | +==============
  34 | +
  35 | +Bitcoin Core is supported and tested on the following operating systems or
  36 | +newer: Linux Kernel 3.17, macOS 14, and Windows 10 (version 1903). Bitcoin Core
```
janb84 commented at 7:57 AM on April 14, 2026:

newer: Linux Kernel 3.17, macOS 14, and Windows 10 (version 19044). Bitcoin Core

How did we endup with 1903 for this release ? The LTSC version is on build 19044, support for build 1903 ended on December 8, 2020
maflcko commented at 10:15 AM on April 14, 2026:

I think it is just the version from dccbb178065f05810a0fad57a86bca2f10995ecf, which sets the minimum requirement to something that supports UTF-8. I am not sure if there are ways to detect and reject earlier EOL versions, but this may be best done in a separate pull request, also modifying the empty template:

bitcoin-core/master:doc/release-notes-empty-template.md:39:Linux Kernel 3.17, macOS 14, and Windows 10 (version 1903). Bitcoin
hebasto commented at 11:09 AM on April 14, 2026:

I am not sure if there are ways to detect and reject earlier EOL versions...

Yes, the release notes document the minimum Windows version that is strictly required.

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janb84 commented at 8:14 AM on April 14, 2026: contributor

Concept ACK 672f3c337f3ef9d2c984516ff13c80716e03ff2a

Search for rc4 in in source, everything changed / removed.

Binaries report the version correctly:

$ ./build_dev_mode/bin/bitcoind --version
Bitcoin Core daemon version v31.0.0 bitcoind
Copyright (C) 2009-2026 The Bitcoin Core developers

Please contribute if you find Bitcoin Core useful. Visit
<https://bitcoincore.org/> for further information about the software.
The source code is available from <https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin>.

This is experimental software.
Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying file COPYING
or <https://opensource.org/license/MIT>

</details>

The number of files differ from last major release 10 vs 9 now. Last time we also updated release-process.md Does not seem to important to change.

Release-notes match wiki

Small question on the mentioned windows 10 build number mentioned in the release-notes.

doc: 31.0 release notes e9f1466155

in doc/release-notes.md:124 in 672f3c337f

 120 | +  each transaction. (#29415)
 121 | +
 122 | +- New RPCs have been added to introspect and control private broadcast:
 123 | +`getprivatebroadcastinfo` reports transactions currently being privately
 124 | +broadcast, and `abortprivatebroadcast` removes matching transactions from the
 125 | +private broadcast queue. (#34329) [TODO: Should this go in New RPCs instead? It

maflcko commented at 10:35 AM on April 14, 2026:

could do a fresh pull from upstream?

achow101 commented at 4:23 PM on April 14, 2026:

Done

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hebasto commented at 5:48 PM on April 15, 2026: member

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janb84 commented at 6:25 PM on April 15, 2026: contributor

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go for version 31 !
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[31.x] Finalize 31.0 #35042

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