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Eric Voskuil edited this page Jul 11, 2015 · 2 revisions

Version 2.1.0

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 2,462,056
osx bs-osx-x64-mainnet 3,839,256
windows bs-windows-x64-consensus-mainnet 4,142,080

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 v2.1.0
ba60586c3b76084f39cfd6d9495ca8092062905dd35202eb909d44a09a8e7788

bs-osx-x64-mainnet v2.1.0
c57dc71aac35acb0bab1e26761509035a0d1efde48c9cf743d45a71ae2340799

bs-windows-x64-consensus-mainnet.exe v2.1.0
33051302d43b3727249855acb1d11e0884e11136af51f4a2de5c41f2f6586717
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1

iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJVoR5yAAoJEDzYwH8LXOFOMYAH/0MCzPlwuJVEQCYaMg8zwaOW
Yls6t953ytp9GY0dzIj/XLcWNBene57df2i83qjde4MHpdnKwzPct+oWXWboYQdU
IZwbPy6F0JLpkW/W8fKktuIA2G4nPD1lPuV7xVKRTsADKCMQUB0mfUWn9Ju/8uFR
uNIP2I3St8bjllJF/5mjAGA+K8iLJTnF5nm0Q7BCFEg5YrO1gMWR1R//iHbyQi4W
PhKXKAnwQKykdgdsIabHlslblsiW7Hd7xA3MoM3XtQwCrj/gUizEzwOaHL+8g8TC
3GyEn4//+GP4q+28k80+/zWB2IO0IT8umPMo4iLBrVsEqIdm5zxwESI9KNN/VsY=
=qMws
-----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
ba60586c3b76084f39cfd6d9495ca8092062905dd35202eb909d44a09a8e7788

$ bx base16-encode < bs-osx-x64-mainnet | bx sha256
c57dc71aac35acb0bab1e26761509035a0d1efde48c9cf743d45a71ae2340799

$ bx base16-encode < bs-windows-x64-consensus-mainnet.exe | bx sha256
33051302d43b3727249855acb1d11e0884e11136af51f4a2de5c41f2f6586717

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:     2.1.0
libbitcoin-node:       2.1.0
libbitcoin-blockchain: 2.1.0
libbitcoin [mainnet]:  2.9.0