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## 2018.09 report This month there was a bug in bitcoind https://bitcoincore.org/en/2018/09/20/notice/ requiring urgent attention. All bisq bitcoin nodes were upgraded urgently.

## 2018.10 report A new major version is out, 0.17.0. Some have upgraded and no issues have been seen so I think it's good if all node operators upgrade at...

## 2018.11 report The documentation for bitcoin node is getting closer to completion, @m52go is working on it with my input. There is a new minor bitcoind version, no need...

## 2018.12 report Bitcoin Core 0.17.1 has been released but I see no urgent need for nodes on 0.17.0+ to upgrade. Nothing more to report for December https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/190

@KanoczTomas What's needed is the secondary role as node maintainer. I'm not exactly sure what the secondary role entails, but something like a backup for the primary I guess. There...

## 2019.01 report Nothing to report for January https://github.com/bisq-network/compensation/issues/213

@KanoczTomas This is the role as maintainer which is about keeping up to date with node software, config and make sure that the nodes that we run are adequate. The...

@KanoczTomas We currently don't have a strict policy on how the nodes are run. The main idea has been that the operators upgrade to the latest main version reasonably fast....

On CVE-2018–20587 A summary can be found at https://medium.com/@lukedashjr/cve-2018-20587-advisory-and-full-disclosure-a3105551e78b I don't think any action is needed from our side as long as the nodes are running in a safe environment...

@KanoczTomas @Emzy Great, let's add a section to the doc on some reasonable best practices on how to run a node. I think we can update the bitcoin.conf template and...