diff --git a/.github/workflows/book.yml b/.github/workflows/book.yml
index ff61ec22d..88775f9a3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/book.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/book.yml
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ jobs:
             - name: Install Rust (nightly)
               uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
               with:
-                toolchain: nightly-2024-12-05
+                toolchain: nightly-2025-04-10
                 components: rustfmt, clippy
                 override: true
 
             - name: Install Rust (wasm32)
               uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
               with:
-                toolchain: nightly-2024-12-05
+                toolchain: nightly-2025-04-10
                 target: wasm32-unknown-unknown
                 override: true
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
                 git config --local user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
                 git config --local user.name "bookworm"
                 cd doc
-                make CARGO="cargo +nightly-2024-12-05" github
+                make CARGO="cargo +nightly-2025-04-10" github
                 git checkout gh-pages
 
             - name: Push changes
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 99325a7aa..0b1e7dd3f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
         with:
-          toolchain: nightly-2024-12-05
+          toolchain: nightly-2025-04-10
           override: true
       - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
         with:
-          toolchain: nightly-2024-12-05
+          toolchain: nightly-2025-04-10
           target: wasm32-unknown-unknown
           override: true
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v1
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run test units
         run: |
-          make CARGO="cargo +nightly-2024-12-05" test
+          make CARGO="cargo +nightly-2025-04-10" test
 
       - name: Compile all bins
         run: |
-          make CARGO="cargo +nightly-2024-12-05"
+          make CARGO="cargo +nightly-2025-04-10"
 
   feature-powerset:
     name: Test crate feature powerset on ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
         with:
-          toolchain: nightly-2024-12-05
+          toolchain: nightly-2025-04-10
           override: true
       - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
         with:
-          toolchain: nightly-2024-12-05
+          toolchain: nightly-2025-04-10
           target: wasm32-unknown-unknown
           override: true
       - uses: taiki-e/install-action@cargo-hack
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run feature powerset builds
         run: |
-          make CARGO="cargo +nightly-2024-12-05" check
+          make CARGO="cargo +nightly-2025-04-10" check
 
   fmt:
     name: rustfmt
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
         with:
-          toolchain: nightly-2024-12-05
+          toolchain: nightly-2025-04-10
           components: rustfmt
           override: true
       - run: |
-          cargo +nightly-2024-12-05 fmt -- --check
+          cargo +nightly-2025-04-10 fmt -- --check
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lints-nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/lints-nightly.yml
index 95dba1119..3d1302ec3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lints-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lints-nightly.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
         with:
-          toolchain: nightly
+          toolchain: nightly-2025-04-10
           components: clippy
           override: true
       - name: Run Clippy
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e9cd10b65..266795b98 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -117,25 +117,25 @@ to happen from time to time. As a workaround, we can configure an older
 nightly version, which was known to work:
 
 ```shell
-% rustup toolchain install nightly-2024-12-05
-% rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown --toolchain nightly-2024-12-05
+% rustup toolchain install nightly-2025-04-10
+% rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown --toolchain nightly-2025-04-10
 ```
 
 Now we can use that toolchain in `make` directly:
 
 ```shell
-% make CARGO="cargo +nightly-2024-12-05" {target}
+% make CARGO="cargo +nightly-2025-04-10" {target}
 ```
 
 Or, if we are lazy, we can modify the `Makefile` to always use that:
 
 ```shell
-% sed -i Makefile -e "s|nightly|nightly-2024-12-05|g"
+% sed -i Makefile -e "s|nightly|nightly-2025-04-10|g"
 ```
 
 Under no circumstances commit or push the Makefile change.
 
-When using `cargo` directly, you have to add the `+nightly-2024-12-05` flag,
+When using `cargo` directly, you have to add the `+nightly-2025-04-10` flag,
 in order for it to use the older nightly version.
 
 ## Install
diff --git a/bin/app/Dockerfile b/bin/app/Dockerfile
index 357b454d1..2f07e77d6 100644
--- a/bin/app/Dockerfile
+++ b/bin/app/Dockerfile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ENV RUSTUP_HOME=/usr/local/rustup \
 
 RUN curl -o rustup.sh --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs
 RUN chmod +x rustup.sh
-RUN ./rustup.sh -y --default-toolchain nightly-2025-03-27
+RUN ./rustup.sh -y --default-toolchain nightly-2025-04-10
 
 #RUN rustup toolchain install nightly
 #RUN rustup default nightly
diff --git a/bin/app/rust-toolchain.toml b/bin/app/rust-toolchain.toml
index 16bcc0eac..0175aea01 100644
--- a/bin/app/rust-toolchain.toml
+++ b/bin/app/rust-toolchain.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 [toolchain]
-channel = "nightly-2025-03-27"
-#channel = "nightly-2024-12-05"
+channel = "nightly-2025-04-10"
diff --git a/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.almalinux b/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.almalinux
index f3790aa7e..ba03d38f4 100644
--- a/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.almalinux
+++ b/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.almalinux
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Use: docker build . --pull --no-cache --shm-size=196m -t darkfi:almalinux -f ./contrib/docker/Dockerfile.almalinux --build-arg DONT_EXEC_TESTS=1
 #   optionally with: --build-arg OS_VER=almalinux/8-minimal --build-arg RUST_VER=nightly
 
-ARG RUST_VER=nightly-2024-12-05  # stable nightly beta 1.72
+ARG RUST_VER=nightly-2025-04-10  # stable nightly beta 1.72
 ARG OS_VER=almalinux/9-minimal   # almalinux/8-minimal
 
 FROM ${OS_VER} as rust_builder
diff --git a/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.alpine b/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.alpine
index 0763b68e2..fe18a370d 100644
--- a/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.alpine
+++ b/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.alpine
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Use: docker build . --pull --no-cache --shm-size=196m -t darkfi:alpine -f ./contrib/docker/Dockerfile.alpine --build-arg DONT_EXEC_TESTS=1
 #   optionally with: --build-arg ALPINE_VER=3.18 --build-arg RUST_VER=nightly
 
-ARG RUST_VER=nightly-2024-12-05  # 1.72 nightly stable
+ARG RUST_VER=nightly-2025-04-10  # 1.72 nightly stable
 ARG ALPINE_VER=3.18              # 3.17
 
 FROM alpine:${ALPINE_VER} as rust_builder
diff --git a/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.alpineARMviaEmulation b/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.alpineARMviaEmulation
index 7e78db311..cf6272fbc 100644
--- a/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.alpineARMviaEmulation
+++ b/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.alpineARMviaEmulation
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Use: docker build . --platform=linux/arm64 --pull -t darkfi:alpine_arm64 -f ./contrib/docker/Dockerfile.alpineARMviaEmulation --build-arg DONT_EXEC_TESTS=1
 #   optionally with: --build-arg OS_VER=3.18 --build-arg RUST_VER=nightly
 
-ARG RUST_VER=nightly-2024-12-05  # 1.72 beta stable nightly
+ARG RUST_VER=nightly-2025-04-10 # 1.72 beta stable nightly
 ARG OS_VER=3.18                  # 3.17
 ARG REPOSITORY=arm64v8/alpine
 
diff --git a/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.debian b/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.debian
index 1178a4a47..fd04cf534 100644
--- a/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.debian
+++ b/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.debian
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Use: docker build . --pull --no-cache --shm-size=196m -t darkfi:debian -f ./contrib/docker/Dockerfile.debian --build-arg DONT_EXEC_TESTS=1
 #   optionally with: --build-arg OS_VER=bullseye-slim --build-arg RUST_VER=nightly
 
-ARG RUST_VER=nightly-2024-12-05  # nightly 1.72
+ARG RUST_VER=nightly-2025-04-10  # nightly 1.72
 ARG OS_VER=bookworm-slim         # (12); bullseye-slim (11); buster-slim (10)
 
 FROM debian:${OS_VER} as rust_builder
diff --git a/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.fedora b/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.fedora
index ae8dedb7c..e61dd4a22 100644
--- a/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.fedora
+++ b/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.fedora
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #   optionally with: --build-arg OS_VER=fedora:37 --build-arg RUST_VER=nightly
 #   To use the legacy deprecated builder: DOCKER_BUILDKIT=0
 
-ARG RUST_VER=nightly-2024-12-05  # stable nightly beta 1.72
+ARG RUST_VER=nightly-2025-04-10  # stable nightly beta 1.72
 ARG OS_VER=fedora:38             # fedora:37
 
 FROM ${OS_VER} as rust_builder
diff --git a/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.ubuntu b/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.ubuntu
index 1477673b6..397af37c4 100644
--- a/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.ubuntu
+++ b/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.ubuntu
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Use: docker build . --pull --no-cache --shm-size=196m -t darkfi:ubuntu -f ./contrib/docker/Dockerfile.ubuntu --build-arg DONT_EXEC_TESTS=1
 #   optionally with: --build-arg OS_VER=20.04 --build-arg RUST_VER=nightly
 
-ARG RUST_VER=nightly-2024-12-05  # stable nightly beta 1.72
+ARG RUST_VER=nightly-2025-04-10  # stable nightly beta 1.72
 ARG OS_VER=22.04                 # 20.04
 
 FROM ubuntu:${OS_VER} as rust_builder
diff --git a/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.ubuntuARMviaEmulation b/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.ubuntuARMviaEmulation
index 92c9a9d3a..b243ceabd 100644
--- a/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.ubuntuARMviaEmulation
+++ b/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.ubuntuARMviaEmulation
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Use: docker build . --platform=linux/arm64 --pull -t darkfi:ubuntu_arm64 -f contrib/docker/Dockerfile.ubuntuARMviaEmulation --build-arg DONT_EXEC_TESTS=1
 #   optionally with: --build-arg BUILD_OS_VER=20.04 --build-arg RUST_VER=1.70
 
-ARG RUST_VER=nightly-2024-12-05  # stable nightly beta 1.72
+ARG RUST_VER=nightly-2025-04-10  # stable nightly beta 1.72
 ARG OS_VER=22.04                 # 20.04
 
 FROM --platform=$TARGETPLATFORM ubuntu:${OS_VER} as rust_builder
diff --git a/contrib/docker/riscv.Dockerfile b/contrib/docker/riscv.Dockerfile
index e938d0e09..16fcde362 100644
--- a/contrib/docker/riscv.Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/docker/riscv.Dockerfile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 # Arguments configuration
 ARG DEBIAN_VER=sid
-ARG RUST_VER=nightly-2024-12-05
+ARG RUST_VER=nightly-2025-04-10
 #TODO: only darkirc has been tested, have to check rest binaries to add deps and ports.
 ARG BINS=darkirc