Bitcoin Core End of Life (EOL) Dates & Support Timeline
Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Bitcoin Core versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.8 | 0.8.6 | Feb 19, 2013 | Dec 31, 2015 | 3845 days past EOL | EOL |
| 0.9 | 0.9.5 | Mar 19, 2014 | Feb 28, 2016 | 3786 days past EOL | EOL |
| 0.10 | 0.10.5 | Feb 16, 2015 | Feb 28, 2017 | 3420 days past EOL | EOL |
| 0.11 | 0.11.3 | Jul 12, 2015 | Aug 1, 2017 | 3266 days past EOL | EOL |
| 0.12 | 0.12.1 | Feb 23, 2016 | Feb 28, 2018 | 3055 days past EOL | EOL |
| 0.13 | 0.13.2 | Aug 23, 2016 | Aug 1, 2018 | 2901 days past EOL | EOL |
| 0.14 | 0.14.3 | Mar 8, 2017 | Feb 1, 2019 | 2717 days past EOL | EOL |
| 0.15 | 0.15.2 | Sep 15, 2017 | Aug 1, 2019 | 2536 days past EOL | EOL |
| 0.16 | 0.16.3 | Feb 26, 2018 | Feb 1, 2020 | 2352 days past EOL | EOL |
| 0.17 | 0.17.2 | Oct 3, 2018 | Aug 1, 2020 | 2170 days past EOL | EOL |
| 0.18 | 0.18.1 | May 2, 2019 | Feb 1, 2021 | 1986 days past EOL | EOL |
| 0.19 | 0.19.2 | Nov 24, 2019 | Aug 1, 2021 | 1805 days past EOL | EOL |
| 0.20 | 0.20.2 | Jun 3, 2020 | Feb 1, 2022 | 1621 days past EOL | EOL |
| 0.21 | 0.21.2 | Jan 15, 2021 | Oct 1, 2022 | 1379 days past EOL | EOL |
| 22 | 22.1 | Sep 13, 2021 | Apr 1, 2023 | 1197 days past EOL | EOL |
| 23 | 23.2 | Apr 25, 2022 | Dec 1, 2023 | 953 days past EOL | EOL |
| 24 | 24.2 | Nov 24, 2022 | Apr 2, 2024 | 830 days past EOL | EOL |
| 25 | 25.2 | May 18, 2023 | Oct 2, 2024 | 647 days past EOL | EOL |
| 26 | 26.2 | Dec 6, 2023 | Apr 14, 2025 | 453 days past EOL | EOL |
| 27 | 27.2 | Apr 16, 2024 | Oct 10, 2025 | 274 days past EOL | EOL |
| 28 | 28.4 | Oct 2, 2024 | Apr 19, 2026 | 83 days past EOL | EOL |
| 29 | 29.4 | Apr 14, 2025 | TBD | Supported | Active |
| 30 | 30.3 | Oct 10, 2025 | TBD | Supported | Active |
| 31 | 31.1 | Apr 19, 2026 | TBD | Supported | Active |
What does Bitcoin Core end of life mean for your organization?
When a version of Bitcoin Core reaches end of life, the maintainers stop issuing security patches. Vulnerabilities discovered after this date are publicly disclosed on the National Vulnerability Database, exploit code appears on GitHub, and your systems remain permanently exposed.
The CVE blind spot: Most vulnerability scanners check for known CVEs but do not flag the accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software. With a zero-day, nobody knows about the vulnerability. With EOL software, the vulnerability is public — listed, rated, and often weaponized — but no patch will ever exist. This is the most dangerous gap in enterprise security posture.
Organizations running EOL Bitcoin Core should treat it as a vulnerability class in their risk register, apply compensating controls (network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, access restriction), and prioritize migration to a supported version.
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If you cannot migrate immediately, extended support vendors provide continued security patches for EOL Bitcoin Core versions. This is a bridge, not a permanent solution — plan your migration in parallel.
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