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# decred-release
Decred Release

This repository contains the decred installer.
This repository contains the decred installers and the installer manifests.

For the release notes, manifests, and released binary achives please
For the binary archives, binary manifests and release notes please
go to [decred-binaries](https://github.com/decred/decred-binaries).

## Verifying Binaries
## Verifying dcrinstall

Each release contains a manifest file with sha256 hashes for the
binaries in that release. To verify these, you will need:
installers in that release. To verify these, you will need:

* SHA256 - Once you download your file(s), you need to check their
SHA256 hashes, so you may need to download a tool to do this,
Expand All @@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ binaries in that release. To verify these, you will need:

The steps to verify the binaries are as follows:

1. Download the file manifest, the signature for the file manifest, and the binary for your OS from here.
2. Obtain the SHA256 value for the binary for your OS and check that it matches the value in the file manifest, e.g. for 64-bit Linux
1. Download the file manifest (manifest-dcrinstall-vX.X.X.txt), the signature for the file manifest (manifest-dcrinstall-vX.X.X.txt.asc), and the installer for your OS from [here](https://github.com/decred/decred-release/releases).
2. Obtain the SHA256 value for the installer for your OS and check that it matches the value in the file manifest, e.g. for 64-bit Linux

```
$ sha256sum dcrinstall-linux-amd64-v0.3.0
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -50,5 +50,5 @@ the Decred Release Signing Key.
Subkey fingerprint: F516 ADB7 A069 852C 7C28 A02D 6D89 7EDF 518A 031D
```

The binary for your platform is now verified and you can be confident
they were generated by the Decred team.
The installer for your platform is now verified and you can be confident
it was generated by the Decred team.