Bitcoin Core 0.20.1 Released
Bitcoin Core version 0.20.1 is now available for download. For a complete list of changes in this new major version release,
please see the release notes.
If have any questions, please stop by the #bitcoin IRC chatroom
(IRC, web) and we’ll do our best to help you.
Published at Sat, 01 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0400
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