bitcoin core 28.0rc2 binaries are up
https://bitcoincore.org/bin/bitcoin-core-28.0/test.rc2/

compared to rc1, most significant change is a fix for a performance regression related to block storage nostr.fmt.wiz.biz 

 nice. i didn't thought something like block storage still get updated and changed in bitcoin core. i need to study this code base more. 

 yes that happens 😀 
a new feature is introduced in 28.0 that XORs the blocks on disk with a random key, to prevent block data from triggering false positives of virus scanners
however something in the implementation of that caused.a slowdown, which should be solved now 

 that was interesting! thanks for the explanation. ill try to put more time on these code base. i need to study some cpp first.