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Release Mon, Oct 12, 2026 1 min read

BDK chain 0.23.4

Original release notes

Summary

Bug-fix release for the 0.23.x maintenance branch, mostly backports from master. bdk_chain fixes CanonicalIter handling of evicted and assumed transactions, stops merge_chains from replacing the genesis block, and fixes an integer overflow in SpkIterator::new_with_range. full_scan now always scans the full revealed range before applying stop_gap (core, chain, electrum, esplora). bdk_electrum moves to electrum-client 0.25.0, verifies fetched txids, and fixes stale anchors after a same-height reorg and confirmation status for OP_RETURN-first transactions. bdk_bitcoind_rpc's Emitter no longer produces un-connectable checkpoints after a reorg.

What's Changed

  • fix(chain): add missing continue in CanonicalIter assumed-tx processing by @tnull in https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk/pull/2170
  • fix(chain): prevent merge_chains from replacing the genesis block by @tnull in https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk/pull/2174
  • [0.23.x] Backport #2190 by @luisschwab in https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk/pull/2192
  • fix(electrum): backport PR#2195 by @oleonardolima in https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk/pull/2197
  • fix(bitcoind_rpc): backport PR#2167 by @oleonardolima in https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk/pull/2198
  • fix(core,chain,electrum,esplora): backport #2182 by @thunderbiscuit in https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk/pull/2222
  • fix(electrum): backport PR#2188 by @oleonardolima in https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk/pull/2228
  • fix(chain): backport PR#2180 by @oleonardolima in https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk/pull/2229
  • fix(esplora): backport PR#2104 by @oleonardolima in https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk/pull/2230
  • fix(chain): backport PR#2240 by @LLFourn in https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk/pull/2324
  • fix(electrum): refresh header cache with headers fetched for the chain update by @evanlinjin in https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk/pull/2319

Full Changelog: https://github.com/bitcoindevkit/bdk/compare/chain-0.23.3...chain-0.23.4