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Author Topic: [ArchLinux] Who is "Timothy Redaelli" and why is he signing electrum  (Read 429 times)
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February 07, 2017, 11:57:37 AM
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I am fairly new to linux and also ArchLinux so correct me if i am wrong but when i was checking the Packages section an Archlinux website i realized that there is an Electrum package there but it is signed with a different key (0xE711306E3C4F88BC) belonging to "Timothy Redaelli".

* all releases have always been signed by ThomasV (0x2BD5824B7F9470E6) as far as i can remember, and there is no mention of the other key anywhere that i could find.

https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/any/electrum/

I wanted to know if am missing something or does he have any affiliation with Electrum project and is the packages safe?

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February 07, 2017, 03:39:34 PM
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I am fairly new to linux and also ArchLinux so correct me if i am wrong but when i was checking the Packages section an Archlinux website i realized that there is an Electrum package there but it is signed with a different key (0xE711306E3C4F88BC) belonging to "Timothy Redaelli".

* all releases have always been signed by ThomasV (0x2BD5824B7F9470E6) as far as i can remember, and there is no mention of the other key anywhere that i could find.

https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/any/electrum/

I wanted to know if am missing something or does he have any affiliation with Electrum project and is the packages safe?

I believe that "Timothy Redaelli" is simply the user who created the Archlinux package for easy of use and bundling of Electrum into Archlinux.

Have you checked the actual executable within this package to see if it was signed by Thomas V? It is likely that the package is signed by Timothy and the actual executable is still signed by Thomas V.

If not, you can always just download and install Electrum from the official website.
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February 12, 2017, 09:30:25 AM
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executable is never signed by anyone. it's always the compressed download file that is signed.

Redaelli is probably the package maintainer. That's how it is with linux distros.
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