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Eric Voskuil edited this page May 12, 2015 · 20 revisions

Version 2.0.0

WARNING

These binaries are provided for your convenience. We cannot and do not guarantee that they will not lose your money or compromise your privacy. You are free to inspect the source code and build it yourself. By downloading a binary copy of BS you accept all responsibility for its use and behavior.

Download

Each download is a single executable file.

OS File Bytes
linux bs-linux-x64-mainnet 2,375,880
osx bs-osx-x64-mainnet 3,714,528
windows bs-windows-x64-consensus-mainnet.exe 4,004,352

Integrity Validation

Validate the integrity of the download by calculating a SHA-256 hash of the file and comparing the result to that in the signed message below. If you do not have a previously verified version of BX you can use any local or online hash computer to calculate the hash values.

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

bs-linux-x64-mainnet v2.0.0
fd9009a43762229c7e16065a5a0a04529d59090cc37ac61bcdada357a5e638e1

bs-osx-x64-mainnet v2.0.0
2b9c3e71faaff23cb07df7047b78bf43b813372cd577d748da0155277bf85daa

bs-windows-x64-consensus-mainnet.exe v2.0.0
24ef44e579c4ada7c491e4fb706435fd9502834a09783daaac93ebb6a216e7e3
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1

iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJVT+r2AAoJEDzYwH8LXOFO0E8H/2Ez6LAkw22poxKsV0WcHipa
/MBjj6mmecy/3yKjspt9hvo/2DRd33nmKenA+iONf8YKtVLTgQQm6F5QQg3OEgsf
71082/7bnSEqpPKIsJRkRfcpMG4jIUaYjt5Z6y87Q4VY9wyaIvMZMzAf495x2l0d
rjgwflKKIMI7s+YqA2qtQu/Bsh/KJ+e+WukT+uIC+6t162WiDZAxWYqGEgx1lGtP
qt5ZCse/XYNO59IYb/GPSCIeYtMPNHlGOZg7q60nUtr3LbjGwul+j1eUnvJ5qZbx
ceogvQStubRTop7W+KDM6tQyZiQRBlCvLUeCP+9H0JtsF/TT1aftrSc9s1uuFvc=
=B0jT
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Using BX to Calculate Hashes

With a previously-verified version of BX you can validate both the integrity of the download using the following commands.

$ bx base16-encode < bs-linux-x64-mainnet | bx sha256
fd9009a43762229c7e16065a5a0a04529d59090cc37ac61bcdada357a5e638e1

$ bx base16-encode < bs-osx-x64-mainnet | bx sha256
2b9c3e71faaff23cb07df7047b78bf43b813372cd577d748da0155277bf85daa

$ bx base16-encode < bs-windows-x64-consensus-mainnet.exe | bx sha256
24ef44e579c4ada7c491e4fb706435fd9502834a09783daaac93ebb6a216e7e3

Origin Validation

Validate the origin of the download by verifying the PGP signature on the message containing the hashes (above). The message was signed by evoskuil, which can be verified using the following public key. See also the MIT Public Key Server:

-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux)
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=xE34
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

Testnet vs. Mainnet

BS depends on the libbitcoin toolkit, which currently requires recompilation for use with testnet. BS also provides configuration settings that pertain to testnet. Each build can self-identify as testnet vs. mainnet using the --version option.

$ bs --version
Version Information:

libbitcoin-server:     2.0.0
libbitcoin-node:       2.0.0
libbitcoin-blockchain: 2.0.0
libbitcoin [mainnet]:  2.8.0
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