Coming Soon: An Easier Way To Bootstrap Your Node's UTXO Set

After four years of work, James O’Beirne’s assumeutxo option to allow instant UTXO set bootstrapping for your Bitcoin node is merged into Bitcoin Core.

By Sharp Griffin · March 16, 2026 · 1 min read

Coming Soon: An Easier Way To Bootstrap Your Node's UTXO Set

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Source: Bitcoin Magazine

After four years of work, James O’Beirne’s assumeutxo option to allow instant UTXO set bootstrapping for your Bitcoin node is merged into Bitcoin Core.