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Bitcoin => Electrum => Topic started by: RangerK on June 18, 2013, 02:03:15 PM



Title: Electrum, ASC files, signatures
Post by: RangerK on June 18, 2013, 02:03:15 PM
Can someone please refer me to an explanation of what I see when I go to download the Electrum Bitcoin Client:

You can download stand-alone executable files or installations.  No problem there.

Then you also download these files but they end in ".exe.asc" and beside each of these is (I think) an md5 key.

I assumed that these are somehow encrypted executable files and decrypting them verifies their authenticity.  Is that right?  I tried messing around with GnuPG, but to no avail.  Couldn't get it to work on my windows system.

Any guidance is appreciated.


Title: Re: Electrum, ASC files, signatures
Post by: grue on June 18, 2013, 02:10:48 PM
You first have to import the signing key first. In this case, import:
Code:
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: SKS 1.1.3
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=T2Ag
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

then use the file manager in gpg4win to verify the file.


Title: Re: Electrum, ASC files, signatures
Post by: btcven on June 19, 2013, 12:51:26 AM
This is to check binaries authenticity, you don't need to decrypt them but to verify them.