Bitcoin Core speeds up security fixes as 44% of surveyed nodes run unsupported versions

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by The Defiant / DL News / Protos / CryptoSlate at 24 Oct, 14:45 UTC

Bitcoin Core merged a policy amendment on Oct. 22 that lets developers backport fixes for easily rediscovered vulnerabilities to every maintained release line and publish an advisory alongside them. A network snapshot from Oct. 18 shows that 3,671 of 8,422 self-reported Bitcoin Core peers (43.6%)…