- The first red flag issue I had when the download package the Windows signing key for one of their releases (sometime after v 20.1).
Just verify the file signature manually then you are good to go.
There is a tutorial on Windows regarding how to do it, see it at
https://bitcoincore.org/en/download/ and there will be "Windows verification instructions".
- The current issue is there is an obvious discrepancy between what bitcoin dot org and bitcoincore dot org list as the current version (the former states v 23 and the later v 24).
You should use bitcoincore.org.
I've just noticed that while bitcoincore.org advertises version 23.0, the bitcoin.org only has the old 22.0
Is there any problem there I've been missing? I'm asking because I've been usually sending people to bitcoin.org and not bitcoincore.org
Bitcoincore.org is Bitcoin Core's official website. As part of separating Bitcoin Core from Bitcoin.org (presumably as part of efforts to distinguish between Bitcoin Core the software and Bitcoin the cryptocurrency), the maintainers no longer post Bitcoin Core releases to Bitcoin.org. However the maintainers of Bitcoin.org can choose to mirror the binaries on their website and do so as they wish. You should direct people to bitcoincore.org as it is the project's actual website.