What's Changed

• rpcclient: ensure http dial respects timeout by @wydengyre in https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/2450
• fix spelling error by @jlopp in https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/2468
• build: bump version of Go container for release builds by @Roasbeef in https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/2471
• Fix addrv2 address validation by @erickcestari in https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/2479
• txscript: switch template engine from html/template to text/template by @erickcestari in https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/2493
• blockchain, netsync: implement a complete headers-first download during ibd by @kcalvinalvin in https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/2428
• addrmgr: mark IPv6 zero addresses as non-routable by @EricGrill in https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/2474
• btcec/schnorr: fix incorrect comment about nonce generation by @erickcestari in https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/2477
• netsync: allow sync with non localhost peers by @Abdulkbk in https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/2487
• treap, ffldb: add treapNodePool by @kcalvinalvin in https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/2425
• main: add regtest port for btcwallet by @Abdulkbk in https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/2488
• wire: don't wrap ipv4 in ipv6 addresses by @kcalvinalvin in https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/2515
• wire: separate protocol message limit from serialization bound by @erickcestari in https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/2504
• wire: use maxprotocol message len on msg reject by @kcalvinalvin in https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/2518
• txscript: reject OP_CODESEPARATOR in unexecuted branches for non-segwit by @Roasbeef in https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/2485
• Sync BIP30/BIP34 Handling With Bitcoin Core by @starius in https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/2467
• rpcclient: add GetTxOutProof{,Async} methods, speed up string parsing by @guggero in https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/2489
• chaincfg/chainhash: add strict parsing by @starius in https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/2520
• rpcclient: fix several synchronization bugs by @starius in https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/2500
• btcjson: fix StringOrArray JSON marshaling and add warnings to GetBlockChainInfoResult by @EricGrill in https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/2476
• multi: recognize new standard P2A output type by @Roasbeef in https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/2433
• wire: reject messages with unconsumed trailing payload bytes by @Roasbeef in https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/2491
• server: fix peer add/done race between peerHandler and syncManager by @Aharonee in https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/2480
• rpcclient: compute httpURL once at construction time by @JLSchuler99 in https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/2526
• btcutil, main: fix android builds by @kcalvinalvin in https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/2461
• Add VerifyLowS helper function to ECDSA signature by @MPins in https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/2524
• multi: bump in-tree go.mod files to new submodule tags by @Roasbeef in https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/2531
• mod: remove btcutil circular dependency with main module by @guggero in https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/1825
• multi: pin new v2 submodule tags and bump to v0.26.0-beta.rc1 by @Roasbeef in https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/2532

New Contributors

• @jlopp made their first contribution in https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/2468
• @erickcestari made their first contribution in https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/2479
• @EricGrill made their first contribution in https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/2474
• @Abdulkbk made their first contribution in https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/2487
• @JLSchuler99 made their first contribution in https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/2526
• @MPins made their first contribution in https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/pull/2524

Full Changelog: https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/compare/v0.25.0...v0.26.0-beta.rc1