PANews reported on November 20th, citing Cointelegraph, that Bitcoin Core has passed its first third-party security audit. The audit results confirm that the software securing the Bitcoin network is highly mature and no serious vulnerabilities were found. The audit was conducted by the French security company Quarkslab, commissioned by the Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF) and implemented on behalf of Brink, the Bitcoin Core development funding organization. During the 104-day audit period from May to September, auditors evaluated the most sensitive components of the project, focusing particularly on the P2P layer and block verification logic. The report noted that despite the large size of Bitcoin Core's codebase, containing over 200,000 lines of C++ code and more than 1,200 deployed test cases, the auditors assessed it as "the most mature and well-tested." The team found no high-severity or medium-severity vulnerabilities, only two low-severity issues, and a series of improvement suggestions primarily related to fuzzing tools and test coverage. These findings did not have any impact on the consensus mechanism, denial-of-service capabilities, or transaction verification.