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Eric Voskuil edited this page Jan 15, 2016 · 20 revisions

Version 2.3.0

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-consensus-mainnet 2,781,992
osx bs-osx-x64-consensus-mainnet 4,168,024
windows bs-windows-x64-consensus-mainnet.exe 3,560,448

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: SHA256

$ bx base16-encode < bs-linux-x64-consensus-mainnet | bx sha256
c45d67aab815256cdc7444e883130e09f3ced7c4e9014f564b7bf1dcfbfb3758

$ bx base16-encode < bs-osx-x64-consensus-mainnet | bx sha256
5d13c4d9ffdf1865e834f2cbf876e94d40f92b11862bdf8fd9a7f4504c657bb1

$ bx base16-encode < bs-windows-x64-consensus-mainnet.exe | bx sha256
183186725572126db70f6afa4e84b4e5f33c66075ee5cb104410ccae91bb30aa

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1

iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJWmXEUAAoJEDzYwH8LXOFOh/IH/0zif0m9IP2840KXSs503hl7
PqlfLSqDBTTTfHNDUNMrna9ib2ohLxSyeWnyW90wrcRdT22WZnHzKWpv1PMh1Ru3
4+sTSsu+iGMrRIH4bMvHwz7xjXSlENvGtBJXUhF8e39Ed5OwvJigcSvlNr+RTQYq
EAdt2/6TEc4/aqwXzCPQUCLYY2TFd75/Q+xXIJ/Ubo+b4nvhfUnEaLGNK62xTKWN
gUNtJ0dfeOTeUrPWAb89btpHI3KQN3/BC30lCsrGjSiuhUIey7nPU9jsHR4rfkDj
7Wh0MkTTBNw4mfabBVRHcA/2A5LNRoa8WYP+eh5zWOrU1yR/sUtZw4+s6L9URAY=
=Ucl9
-----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-consensus-mainnet | bx sha256
c45d67aab815256cdc7444e883130e09f3ced7c4e9014f564b7bf1dcfbfb3758

$ bx base16-encode < bs-osx-x64-consensus-mainnet | bx sha256
5d13c4d9ffdf1865e834f2cbf876e94d40f92b11862bdf8fd9a7f4504c657bb1

$ bx base16-encode < bs-windows-x64-consensus-mainnet.exe | bx sha256
183186725572126db70f6afa4e84b4e5f33c66075ee5cb104410ccae91bb30aa

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:     2.3.0
libbitcoin-node:       2.3.0
libbitcoin-blockchain: 2.3.0
libbitcoin [mainnet]:  2.10.1
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