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@ -16,6 +16,28 @@ To receive security and update notifications, please subscribe to:
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<https://bitcoincore.org/en/list/announcements/join/>
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Compatibility
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Microsoft ended support for Windows XP on [April 8th, 2014](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/WindowsForBusiness/end-of-xp-support),
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an OS initially released in 2001. This means that not even critical security
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updates will be released anymore. Without security updates, using a bitcoin
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wallet on a XP machine is irresponsible at least.
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In addition to that, with 0.12.x there have been varied reports of Bitcoin Core
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randomly crashing on Windows XP. It is [not clear](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/7681#issuecomment-217439891)
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what the source of these crashes is, but it is likely that upstream
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libraries such as Qt are no longer being tested on XP.
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We do not have time nor resources to provide support for an OS that is
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end-of-life. From 0.13.0 on, Windows XP is no longer supported. Users are
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suggested to upgrade to a newer verion of Windows, or install an alternative OS
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that is supported.
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No attempt is made to prevent installing or running the software on Windows XP,
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you can still do so at your own risk, but do not expect it to work: do not
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report issues about Windows XP to the issue tracker.
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Notable changes
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Wladimir J. van der Laan
9 years ago