### Motivation

This should be done before the branch-off, and can be done by anyone, as the steps are  reproducible and reviewable.

### Possible solution

Follow the documentation: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/release-process.md#before-branch-off

### Useful Skills

* Compiling Bitcoin Core from source
* Running the C++ unit tests and the Python functional tests
* ...


### Guidance for new contributors

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pchMessageStart[1] = 0xbf;
        pchMessageStart[2] = 0xb5;
        pchMessageStart[3] = 0xda;
        nDefaultPort = 18444;
        nPruneAfterHeight = opts.fastprune ? 100 : 1000;
        m_assumed_blockchain_size = 0;
        m_assumed_chain_state_size = 0;
        for (const auto& [dep, height] : opts.activation_heights) {
            switch (dep) {
            case Consensus::BuriedDeployment::DEPLOYMENT_SEGWIT:
                consensus.SegwitHeight = int{height};
                break;
            case Consensus::BuriedDeployment::DEPLOYMENT_HEIGHTINCB:
                consensus.BIP34Height = int{height};
                break;
            case Consensus::BuriedDeployment::DEPLOYMENT_DERSIG:
                consensus.BIP66Height = int{height};
                break;
            case Consensus::BuriedDeployment::DEPLOYMENT_CLTV:
                consensus.BIP65Height = int{height};
                break;
            case Consensus::BuriedDeployment::DEPLOYMENT_CSV:
                consensus.CSVHeight = int{height};
                break;
            }
        }
        for (const auto& [deployment_pos, version_bits_params] : opts.version_bits_parameters) {
            consensus.vDeployments[deployment_pos].nStartTime = version_bits_params.start_time;
            consensus.vDeployments[deployment_pos].nTimeout = version_bits_params.timeout;
            consensus.vDeployments[deployment_pos].min_activation_height = version_bits_params.min_activation_height;