Bitcoin Core Releases Update To Potentially Natively Support Apple Silicon (M1 family) Chips
Bitcoin Core, in particular, is built to detect which blockchain contains genuine Bitcoin transactions, and its users are limited to accepting transactions from that blockchain.
Bitcoin Core had released the final version of update 23.0, which includes the addition of a macOS ARM build, according to Zhixiong Pan, a Web3 developer, and researcher, in an announcement on April 22. This could be the first update to include native compatibility for Apple Silicon (M1 series), which is the Bitcoin Core chip.
After checking the GitHub repository and seeing the addition of a macOS ARM build, Pan discovered that the Bitcoin Core client had discreetly uploaded the final version (the source code for the important update 23.0).
“The Bitcoin Core client quietly released the final version (source code of the important update 23.0), briefly scanned the GitHub Repo, this time it seems that there are no particularly significant new features, but I still see this one: Add macOS ARM build, so this will likely be the first version of Bitcoin Core to natively support Apple Silicon (M1 family) chips.” (Translated from Mandarin).
Bitcoin Core 23.0 to be compiled soon
The compiled version is expected to be released soon, and you'll be able to test it out with the source code for version 23.0 until then.
The next version, 24.0, is scheduled in October, according to Bitcoin Core's half-yearly upgrade cycle.
“According to the half-yearly update frequency of Bitcoin Core, the next version 24.0 is estimated to be around October,” Pan said.
Back in September 2021, the proposed release timetable for Bitcoin Core 23.0, the next major version, was set for April.
Because each of these users runs their own Bitcoin Core full nodes, and each of those full nodes independently follows the same rules to determine which blockchain is genuine, Bitcoin remains decentralized.