Verification instructions#

To find instructions on how to verify the integrity of the file you have downloaded, navigate to the respective section that outlines the steps needed for that specific file.

Concordium Desktop Wallet#

Linux#

AppImage#

Verify checksum of download

In a terminal:

  1. Navigate to the download.

  2. Then paste the first line of the following block into the terminal.

  3. Verify that the output matches the second line in the block.

$sha256sum concordium-desktop-wallet-1.9.3.AppImage
a4aab82a574920d7d9f87eb59b210cdcee32ae367ca6c54f3023a20bb72ad830

Verify download with signature

To verify that the downloaded file is an official Concordium release, you can verify that the file is signed by Concordium. To do this, you need a signature of the release and a public key.

With the signature, the public key, and the downloaded file all in the same directory, execute the following steps to verify that the file has been signed by Concordium.

In a terminal:

  1. Navigate to the directory containing the assets needed to verify.

  2. Then paste the first line of the following block into the terminal

  3. The command outputs Signature Verified Successfully as a result, as inidicated by the second line in the block.

$openssl pkeyutl -verify -pubin -inkey concordium-desktop-wallet-pubkey.pem -rawin -in concordium-desktop-wallet-1.9.3.AppImage -sigfile concordium-desktop-wallet-1.9.3.AppImage.sig
Signature Verified Successfully

Note that this only works for openssl version 3.0.0 and up.

Debian package#

Verify checksum of download

In a terminal:

  1. Navigate to the download.

  2. Then paste the first line of the following block into the terminal.

  3. Verify that the output matches the second line in the block.

$sha256sum concordium-desktop-wallet-1.9.3.deb
9bbf1d5b3b1a618793efafcc8af2d7ac4504a8adf8c506f626b5dd2598c4e36f

Verify download with signature

To verify that the downloaded file is an official Concordium release, you can verify that the file is signed by Concordium. To do this, you need a signature of the release and a public key.

With the signature, the public key, and the downloaded file all in the same directory, execute the following steps to verify that the file has been signed by Concordium.

In a terminal:

  1. Navigate to the directory containing the assets needed to verify.

  2. Then paste the first line of the following block into the terminal

  3. The command outputs Signature Verified Successfully as a result, as inidicated by the second line in the block.

$openssl pkeyutl -verify -pubin -inkey concordium-desktop-wallet-pubkey.pem -rawin -in concordium-desktop-wallet-1.9.3.deb -sigfile concordium-desktop-wallet-1.9.3.deb.sig
Signature Verified Successfully

Note that this only works for openssl version 3.0.0 and up.

RPM#

Verify checksum of download

In a terminal:

  1. Navigate to the download.

  2. Then paste the first line of the following block into the terminal.

  3. Verify that the output matches the second line in the block.

$sha256sum concordium-desktop-wallet-1.9.3.rpm
84852d39c72453c7b8fb40efde41cd2a718f6e92a40d5330d14bf5a87a05e13b

Verify download with signature

To verify that the downloaded file is an official Concordium release, you can verify that the file is signed by Concordium. To do this, you need a signature of the release and a public key.

With the signature, the public key, and the downloaded file all in the same directory, execute the following steps to verify that the file has been signed by Concordium.

In a terminal:

  1. Navigate to the directory containing the assets needed to verify.

  2. Then paste the first line of the following block into the terminal

  3. The command outputs Signature Verified Successfully as a result, as inidicated by the second line in the block.

$openssl pkeyutl -verify -pubin -inkey concordium-desktop-wallet-pubkey.pem -rawin -in concordium-desktop-wallet-1.9.3.rpm -sigfile concordium-desktop-wallet-1.9.3.rpm.sig
Signature Verified Successfully

Note that this only works for openssl version 3.0.0 and up.

Automatic updates#

When the desktop wallet updates itself, it performs the necessary steps to verify both the checksum and signature of the downloaded update. If verification is unsuccessful, the update is rejected.

Concordium Client#

Linux#

Verify checksum of download

In a terminal:

  1. Navigate to the download.

  2. Then paste the first line of the following block into the terminal.

  3. Verify that the output matches the second line in the block.

$sha256sum concordium-client-linux
1b497f263f808e0821e270806fe68ce16e88bb67d48fcbfa0bc9729138416660

Cargo Concordium#

Linux#

Verify checksum of download

In a terminal:

  1. Navigate to the download.

  2. Then paste the first line of the following block into the terminal.

  3. Verify that the output matches the second line in the block.

$sha256sum cargo-concordium_2.8.0
ea3f603e2a921181cdf323604066444378a955c55e82b206a7d169bf636fa75d

Node Debian package#

Verify checksum of download

In a terminal:

  1. Navigate to the download.

  2. Then paste the first line of the following block into the terminal.

  3. Verify that the output matches the second line in the block.

$sha256sum concordium-mainnet-node_9.0.7-3_amd64.deb
b92187715c435b551090f60e15846900a3c9b8de610ebc65464b72853ce3cf34

Mainnet genesis block#

Verify checksum of download

In a terminal:

  1. Navigate to the download.

  2. Then paste the first line of the following block into the terminal.

  3. Verify that the output matches the second line in the block.

Windows

$Get-FileHash genesis.dat -Algorithm SHA256
5fe6a62824d5b0dba6143243e90987ddf3e15cca079f21992de04d078d9ea6dc

macOS

$shasum -a 256 genesis.dat
5fe6a62824d5b0dba6143243e90987ddf3e15cca079f21992de04d078d9ea6dc

Linux

$sha256sum genesis.dat
5fe6a62824d5b0dba6143243e90987ddf3e15cca079f21992de04d078d9ea6dc
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