BITCOIN CORE V31 LANDS WITH PRIVACY AND PERFORMANCE OVERHAULThe Bitcoin Core v31 mainnet release follows the v31.0rc4 testnet on April 11. Headlining the upgrade: a redesigned "cluster mempool" for better fee efficiency, mandatory transaction broadcasting over Tor or I2P by default, and a larger default database cache for faster node sync.The privacy default is the bigger philosophical shift. Tor/I2P broadcasting means no node operator is leaking IP addresses on first transmission unless they explicitly opt ...