Bitcoin Core

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Bitcoin Core 31 is the newest actively maintained release, currently at patch 31.1. 3 of 24 tracked cycles remain supported.

Latest version

31.1

Jul 8, 2026

Actively maintained cycles

of 24 tracked

Total cycles tracked

since Feb 19, 2013

Support pattern

How Bitcoin Core has behaved across the cycles tracked here, rather than what its policy documents state. Useful for judging how much runway a version is likely to have before you commit to it.

Typical support window

21 months

median of 21 completed cycles

New cycle roughly every

6 months

median gap between releases

Compared with server app

+7 mo

longer than the server app median

Support windows are getting shorter: the most recent cycles run about 5 months less than the earlier ones.

Computed from release and end-of-life dates tracked for Bitcoin Core. Medians are used rather than averages so one unusually short or long release does not skew the figure. Cycles with no recorded end-of-life date are excluded from the support window.

Release lifecycle

Actively maintainedSecurity support onlyEnd of life

Today

31Latest

31.1 · Jul 8, 2026

30.3 · Jul 10, 2026

29.4 · Jul 10, 2026

EOL Apr 19, 2026

EOL Oct 10, 2025

EOL Apr 14, 2025

EOL Oct 2, 2024

EOL Apr 2, 2024

EOL Dec 1, 2023

EOL Apr 1, 2023

0.21

EOL Oct 1, 2022

0.20

EOL Feb 1, 2022

0.19

EOL Aug 1, 2021

0.18

EOL Feb 1, 2021

0.17

EOL Aug 1, 2020

0.16

EOL Feb 1, 2020

0.15

EOL Aug 1, 2019

0.14

EOL Feb 1, 2019

0.13

EOL Aug 1, 2018

0.12

EOL Feb 28, 2018

0.11

EOL Aug 1, 2017

0.10

EOL Feb 28, 2017

0.9

EOL Feb 28, 2016

0.8

EOL Dec 31, 2015

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