How to check if your Electrum Wallet is legit before using. (For Linux)

[Ayanamirs]

First of all you need the ThomasV key.

Execute the command line on terminal:

Code:

gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 6694D8DE7BE8EE5631BED9502BD5824B7F9470E6

Go to Electrum website and download Electrum-3.1.3.tar.gz and its signature Electrum-3.1.3.tar.gz.asc

Copy both files to the same folder, open the terminal and use command 'cd' to navigate to that folder and run the command line:

Code:

gpg --verify Electrum-3.1.3.tar.gz.asc Electrum-3.1.3.tar.gz

If the message returned says Good signature and that it was signed by ThomasV with a pubkey 7F9470E6, then the software is authentic.

[HCP]

If the message returned says Good signature and that it was signed by ThomasV with a pubkey 7F9470E6, then the software is authentic.

NOTE: do NOT be concerned if you see a warning that the key is "not certified":

gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!

This simply means that YOU have not personally trusted ThomasV's key.


As long as you see "Good Signature" and ThomasV's information, you can be sure it is OK:

Code:

gpg: Signature made Thu 19 Apr 2018 03:10:44 AM STD using RSA key ID 7F9470E6
gpg: Good signature from "Thomas Voegtlin (https://electrum.org) <thomasv@electrum.org>"
gpg:                 aka "ThomasV <thomasv1@gmx.de>"
gpg:                 aka "Thomas Voegtlin <thomasv1@gmx.de>"