bitcoin core end of life dates — full support timeline
21 of 24 tracked bitcoin core releases have already reached end of life. The dates below are published support dates, not estimates.
Version support timeline
| Release | Released | End of life | Latest | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 2026-04-19 | not announced | 31.1 | supported |
| 30 | 2025-10-10 | not announced | 30.3 | supported |
| 29 | 2025-04-14 | not announced | 29.4 | supported |
| 28 | 2024-10-02 | 2026-04-19 | 28.4 | ended |
| 27 | 2024-04-16 | 2025-10-10 | 27.2 | ended |
| 26 | 2023-12-06 | 2025-04-14 | 26.2 | ended |
| 25 | 2023-05-18 | 2024-10-02 | 25.2 | ended |
| 24 | 2022-11-24 | 2024-04-02 | 24.2 | ended |
| 23 | 2022-04-25 | 2023-12-01 | 23.2 | ended |
| 22 | 2021-09-13 | 2023-04-01 | 22.1 | ended |
| 0.21 | 2021-01-15 | 2022-10-01 | 0.21.2 | ended |
| 0.20 | 2020-06-03 | 2022-02-01 | 0.20.2 | ended |
| 0.19 | 2019-11-24 | 2021-08-01 | 0.19.2 | ended |
| 0.18 | 2019-05-02 | 2021-02-01 | 0.18.1 | ended |
| 0.17 | 2018-10-03 | 2020-08-01 | 0.17.2 | ended |
| 0.16 | 2018-02-26 | 2020-02-01 | 0.16.3 | ended |
| 0.15 | 2017-09-15 | 2019-08-01 | 0.15.2 | ended |
| 0.14 | 2017-03-08 | 2019-02-01 | 0.14.3 | ended |
| 0.13 | 2016-08-23 | 2018-08-01 | 0.13.2 | ended |
| 0.12 | 2016-02-23 | 2018-02-28 | 0.12.1 | ended |
| 0.11 | 2015-07-12 | 2017-08-01 | 0.11.3 | ended |
| 0.10 | 2015-02-16 | 2017-02-28 | 0.10.5 | ended |
| 0.9 | 2014-03-19 | 2016-02-28 | 0.9.5 | ended |
| 0.8 | 2013-02-19 | 2015-12-31 | 0.8.6 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported bitcoin core release. After end of life a version stops receiving security patches, which typically becomes an audit or compliance finding before it becomes an outage. Upgrading to a supported release is the migration path; the table above shows which releases still qualify.
Source
These dates are maintained by endoflife.date/bitcoin-core, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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