diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 800140cb0..cdbb87517 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -174,4 +174,5 @@ src/dragonx-cli
 src/dragonx-tx
 src/dragonxd.exe
 src/dragonx-cli.exe
-src/dragonx-tx.exe
\ No newline at end of file
+src/dragonx-tx.exe
+doc/relnotes/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index c499e6202..2ad3722e3 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -80,8 +80,12 @@ package_release() {
     echo "Packaging release for $platform..."
     mkdir -p "$release_subdir"
     
-    # Copy bootstrap script
-    cp "$SCRIPT_DIR/util/bootstrap-dragonx.sh" "$release_subdir/"
+    # Copy bootstrap script (platform-appropriate)
+    if [ "$platform" = "win64" ]; then
+        cp "$SCRIPT_DIR/util/bootstrap-dragonx.bat" "$release_subdir/"
+    else
+        cp "$SCRIPT_DIR/util/bootstrap-dragonx.sh" "$release_subdir/"
+    fi
     
     # Copy common files
     cp "$SCRIPT_DIR/contrib/asmap/asmap.dat" "$release_subdir/" 2>/dev/null || true
diff --git a/util/bootstrap-dragonx.bat b/util/bootstrap-dragonx.bat
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ee071cd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/bootstrap-dragonx.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,264 @@
+@echo off
+REM Copyright 2024 The Hush Developers
+REM Copyright 2024 The DragonX Developers
+REM Released under the GPLv3
+REM
+REM Download and apply a DRAGONX blockchain bootstrap on Windows.
+REM Safely preserves wallet.dat and configuration files.
+
+setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
+
+set "BOOTSTRAP_BASE_URL=https://bootstrap.dragonx.is"
+set "BOOTSTRAP_FALLBACK_URL=https://bootstrap2.dragonx.is"
+set "BOOTSTRAP_FILE=DRAGONX.zip"
+set "CHAIN_NAME=DRAGONX"
+
+REM Data directory on Windows
+set "DATADIR=%APPDATA%\Hush\%CHAIN_NAME%"
+
+REM Find dragonx-cli relative to this script
+set "CLI="
+set "SCRIPT_DIR=%~dp0"
+if exist "%SCRIPT_DIR%dragonx-cli.exe" (
+    set "CLI=%SCRIPT_DIR%dragonx-cli.exe"
+)
+
+echo ============================================
+echo   DragonX Bootstrap Installer
+echo ============================================
+echo.
+echo [INFO] Data directory: %DATADIR%
+echo.
+
+REM Step 1: Stop daemon if running
+call :stop_daemon
+if errorlevel 1 goto :error_exit
+
+REM Step 2: Clean old chain data
+call :clean_chain_data
+if errorlevel 1 goto :error_exit
+
+REM Step 3: Download bootstrap
+call :download_bootstrap
+if errorlevel 1 goto :error_exit
+
+REM Step 4: Extract bootstrap
+call :extract_bootstrap
+if errorlevel 1 goto :error_exit
+
+echo.
+echo [INFO] Bootstrap installation complete!
+echo [INFO] You can now start DragonX with: dragonxd.exe
+echo.
+goto :EOF
+
+REM ============================================
+REM  Stop daemon if running
+REM ============================================
+:stop_daemon
+if "%CLI%"=="" (
+    echo [WARN] dragonx-cli.exe not found next to this script.
+    echo [WARN] Please make sure the DragonX daemon is stopped before continuing.
+    set /p "ANSWER=Is the DragonX daemon stopped? (y/N): "
+    if /i not "!ANSWER!"=="y" (
+        echo [ERROR] Please stop the daemon first and run this script again.
+        exit /b 1
+    )
+    exit /b 0
+)
+
+"%CLI%" getinfo >nul 2>&1
+if errorlevel 1 (
+    echo [INFO] Daemon is not running.
+    exit /b 0
+)
+
+echo [INFO] Stopping DragonX daemon...
+"%CLI%" stop >nul 2>&1
+
+set "TRIES=0"
+:wait_loop
+"%CLI%" getinfo >nul 2>&1
+if errorlevel 1 goto :daemon_stopped
+timeout /t 2 /nobreak >nul
+set /a TRIES+=1
+if %TRIES% geq 60 (
+    echo [ERROR] Daemon did not stop after 120 seconds. Please stop it manually and retry.
+    exit /b 1
+)
+goto :wait_loop
+
+:daemon_stopped
+echo [INFO] Daemon stopped.
+exit /b 0
+
+REM ============================================
+REM  Clean blockchain data, preserving wallet and config
+REM ============================================
+:clean_chain_data
+if not exist "%DATADIR%" (
+    echo [INFO] Data directory does not exist yet, creating it.
+    mkdir "%DATADIR%"
+    exit /b 0
+)
+
+echo [INFO] Cleaning blockchain data from %DATADIR% ...
+
+REM Preserve wallet.dat and config
+set "TMPDIR=%TEMP%\dragonx-bootstrap-%RANDOM%"
+mkdir "%TMPDIR%" 2>nul
+
+for %%F in (wallet.dat DRAGONX.conf peers.dat) do (
+    if exist "%DATADIR%\%%F" (
+        copy /y "%DATADIR%\%%F" "%TMPDIR%\%%F" >nul
+    )
+)
+
+REM Remove blockchain directories and files
+for %%D in (blocks chainstate notarizations komodo) do (
+    if exist "%DATADIR%\%%D" (
+        rmdir /s /q "%DATADIR%\%%D" 2>nul
+    )
+)
+for %%F in (db.log debug.log fee_estimates.dat banlist.dat) do (
+    if exist "%DATADIR%\%%F" (
+        del /f /q "%DATADIR%\%%F" 2>nul
+    )
+)
+
+REM Restore preserved files
+for %%F in (wallet.dat DRAGONX.conf peers.dat) do (
+    if exist "%TMPDIR%\%%F" (
+        copy /y "%TMPDIR%\%%F" "%DATADIR%\%%F" >nul
+    )
+)
+rmdir /s /q "%TMPDIR%" 2>nul
+
+echo [INFO] Blockchain data cleaned.
+exit /b 0
+
+REM ============================================
+REM  Download bootstrap (with fallback)
+REM ============================================
+:download_bootstrap
+echo [INFO] Downloading bootstrap from %BOOTSTRAP_BASE_URL% ...
+echo [INFO] This may take a while depending on your connection speed.
+
+REM Try primary URL
+call :do_download "%BOOTSTRAP_BASE_URL%"
+if not errorlevel 1 goto :download_verify
+
+echo [WARN] Primary download failed, trying fallback %BOOTSTRAP_FALLBACK_URL% ...
+call :do_download "%BOOTSTRAP_FALLBACK_URL%"
+if errorlevel 1 (
+    echo [ERROR] Download failed from both primary and fallback servers.
+    exit /b 1
+)
+
+:download_verify
+echo [INFO] Bootstrap download complete.
+
+REM Verify SHA256 checksum
+echo [INFO] Verifying checksum...
+pushd "%DATADIR%"
+
+REM Read expected hash from the .sha256 file (format: "hash  filename" or "hash *filename")
+set "EXPECTED_HASH="
+for /f "tokens=1" %%A in (%BOOTSTRAP_FILE%.sha256) do (
+    set "EXPECTED_HASH=%%A"
+)
+
+if "%EXPECTED_HASH%"=="" (
+    echo [WARN] Could not read expected checksum, skipping verification.
+    goto :verify_done
+)
+
+REM Use certutil to compute SHA256
+certutil -hashfile "%BOOTSTRAP_FILE%" SHA256 > "%TEMP%\dragonx_hash.tmp" 2>nul
+if errorlevel 1 (
+    echo [WARN] certutil not available, skipping checksum verification.
+    goto :verify_done
+)
+
+REM certutil outputs hash on the second line
+set "ACTUAL_HASH="
+set "LINE_NUM=0"
+for /f "skip=1 tokens=*" %%H in (%TEMP%\dragonx_hash.tmp) do (
+    if not defined ACTUAL_HASH (
+        set "ACTUAL_HASH=%%H"
+    )
+)
+REM Remove spaces from certutil output
+set "ACTUAL_HASH=!ACTUAL_HASH: =!"
+del /f /q "%TEMP%\dragonx_hash.tmp" 2>nul
+
+if /i "!ACTUAL_HASH!"=="!EXPECTED_HASH!" (
+    echo [INFO] SHA256 checksum verified.
+) else (
+    echo [ERROR] SHA256 checksum verification failed! The download may be corrupted.
+    echo [ERROR] Expected: !EXPECTED_HASH!
+    echo [ERROR] Got:      !ACTUAL_HASH!
+    popd
+    exit /b 1
+)
+
+:verify_done
+REM Clean up checksum files
+del /f /q "%BOOTSTRAP_FILE%.md5" 2>nul
+del /f /q "%BOOTSTRAP_FILE%.sha256" 2>nul
+popd
+exit /b 0
+
+REM ============================================
+REM  Download files from a given base URL
+REM  Usage: call :do_download "base_url"
+REM ============================================
+:do_download
+set "BASE=%~1"
+
+REM Use PowerShell to download (available on all modern Windows)
+echo [INFO] Downloading %BASE%/%BOOTSTRAP_FILE% ...
+powershell -NoProfile -Command ^
+    "[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; try { (New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('%BASE%/%BOOTSTRAP_FILE%', '%DATADIR%\%BOOTSTRAP_FILE%') } catch { exit 1 }"
+if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1
+
+echo [INFO] Downloading checksums...
+powershell -NoProfile -Command ^
+    "[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; try { (New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('%BASE%/%BOOTSTRAP_FILE%.md5', '%DATADIR%\%BOOTSTRAP_FILE%.md5') } catch { exit 1 }"
+if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1
+
+powershell -NoProfile -Command ^
+    "[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; try { (New-Object Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('%BASE%/%BOOTSTRAP_FILE%.sha256', '%DATADIR%\%BOOTSTRAP_FILE%.sha256') } catch { exit 1 }"
+if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1
+
+exit /b 0
+
+REM ============================================
+REM  Extract bootstrap zip
+REM ============================================
+:extract_bootstrap
+echo [INFO] Extracting bootstrap...
+pushd "%DATADIR%"
+
+REM Use PowerShell to extract zip, excluding wallet.dat and .conf files
+powershell -NoProfile -Command ^
+    "Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem; $zip = [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::OpenRead('%DATADIR%\%BOOTSTRAP_FILE%'); foreach ($entry in $zip.Entries) { if ($entry.Name -eq 'wallet.dat' -or $entry.Name -like '*.conf') { continue } $dest = Join-Path '%DATADIR%' $entry.FullName; if ($entry.FullName.EndsWith('/')) { New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $dest | Out-Null } else { $parent = Split-Path $dest -Parent; if (-not (Test-Path $parent)) { New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $parent | Out-Null } [System.IO.Compression.ZipFileExtensions]::ExtractToFile($entry, $dest, $true) } }; $zip.Dispose()"
+if errorlevel 1 (
+    echo [ERROR] Extraction failed.
+    popd
+    exit /b 1
+)
+
+echo [INFO] Bootstrap extracted successfully.
+
+REM Clean up archive
+del /f /q "%BOOTSTRAP_FILE%" 2>nul
+echo [INFO] Removed downloaded archive to save disk space.
+
+popd
+exit /b 0
+
+:error_exit
+echo.
+echo [ERROR] Bootstrap installation failed.
+exit /b 1
diff --git a/util/bootstrap-dragonx.sh b/util/bootstrap-dragonx.sh
index 1b2b56091..be80fcd26 100755
--- a/util/bootstrap-dragonx.sh
+++ b/util/bootstrap-dragonx.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 BOOTSTRAP_BASE_URL="https://bootstrap.dragonx.is"
+BOOTSTRAP_FALLBACK_URL="https://bootstrap2.dragonx.is"
 BOOTSTRAP_FILE="DRAGONX.zip"
 CHAIN_NAME="DRAGONX"
 
@@ -118,35 +119,49 @@ clean_chain_data() {
     info "Blockchain data cleaned."
 }
 
-# Download a file via wget or curl
+# Download a file via wget or curl (returns non-zero on failure)
 download_file() {
     local url="$1"
     local outfile="$2"
 
     if command -v wget &>/dev/null; then
-        wget --progress=bar:force -O "$outfile" "$url" || error "Download failed: $url"
+        wget --progress=bar:force -O "$outfile" "$url"
     elif command -v curl &>/dev/null; then
-        curl -L --progress-bar -o "$outfile" "$url" || error "Download failed: $url"
+        curl -L --progress-bar -o "$outfile" "$url"
     else
         error "Neither wget nor curl found. Please install one and retry."
     fi
 }
 
+# Try downloading from a given base URL; returns non-zero on failure
+download_from() {
+    local base_url="$1"
+    local outfile="$DATADIR/$BOOTSTRAP_FILE"
+    local md5file="$DATADIR/${BOOTSTRAP_FILE}.md5"
+    local sha256file="$DATADIR/${BOOTSTRAP_FILE}.sha256"
+
+    info "Downloading bootstrap from $base_url ..."
+    info "This may take a while depending on your connection speed."
+
+    download_file "$base_url/$BOOTSTRAP_FILE" "$outfile" || return 1
+    info "Bootstrap download complete."
+
+    info "Downloading checksums..."
+    download_file "$base_url/${BOOTSTRAP_FILE}.md5" "$md5file" || return 1
+    download_file "$base_url/${BOOTSTRAP_FILE}.sha256" "$sha256file" || return 1
+    return 0
+}
+
 # Download the bootstrap and verify checksums
 download_bootstrap() {
     local outfile="$DATADIR/$BOOTSTRAP_FILE"
     local md5file="$DATADIR/${BOOTSTRAP_FILE}.md5"
     local sha256file="$DATADIR/${BOOTSTRAP_FILE}.sha256"
 
-    info "Downloading bootstrap from $BOOTSTRAP_BASE_URL ..."
-    info "This may take a while depending on your connection speed."
-
-    download_file "$BOOTSTRAP_BASE_URL/$BOOTSTRAP_FILE" "$outfile"
-    info "Bootstrap download complete."
-
-    info "Downloading checksums..."
-    download_file "$BOOTSTRAP_BASE_URL/${BOOTSTRAP_FILE}.md5" "$md5file"
-    download_file "$BOOTSTRAP_BASE_URL/${BOOTSTRAP_FILE}.sha256" "$sha256file"
+    if ! download_from "$BOOTSTRAP_BASE_URL"; then
+        warn "Primary download failed, trying fallback $BOOTSTRAP_FALLBACK_URL ..."
+        download_from "$BOOTSTRAP_FALLBACK_URL" || error "Download failed from both primary and fallback servers."
+    fi
 
     # Verify checksums
     info "Verifying checksums..."