Security hardening for digital wallets
This article discusses security controls that reduce the risk of unauthorized access or misuse, information leakage and unauthorized physical access, mostly.
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The Decred structure
To understand how Decred works and make the most of it, you need to understand the types of networks, components, connections and addresses.
Verifying digital signatures
The verification of digital signatures ensures that a message wasn’t altered and that the sender is the one who ‘signed’ the message, the owner of the key pa...
A brief notion of cryptography
To have a better understanding of what it is and how a blockchain works, one must know a few things about cryptography. Hashes, cryptographic key pairs and d...
DCR subsidy forecast
The table containing a forecast of DCR subsidy until the end of issuance of new DCRs.
The origin of Decred
Decred is a cryptoasset that uses its own blockchain, all of its code is open source, and its protocol has a lot in common with Bitcoin’s. Decred was designe...
Decrediton Setup
Decrediton is the official Decred graphical wallet. It is open source, developed by the Decred developers team and is available for Mac, Linux and Windows.
Deleting the wallet
The deletion of a wallet can be done manually ou using Decrediton. dcrwallet doesn’t have any option for wallet deletion or replacement.
Installing Go (golang)
Go is the language used in the Decred Project and is a prerequisite for virtually all source code made available by developers, as well as for some tools onl...
Installing dcrd
dcrd is a full node implementation of a Decred network blockchain server written in Go.
dcrd as a Linux service
Linux services can be configured to self-heal through init systems, or service managers. Service managers start, restart, and terminate services according to...
How to obtain Decred?
There are a few ways to obtain Decred, from buying to mining. Learn here the steps for those who want to exchange Bitcoin or fiat currency for Decred the eas...
Digital certificates for RPC connections
Decred components use X509v3 digital certificates for identity validation and to encrypt the communication between them (end-to-end).
Verifying digital signatures: Electrum
Electrum is one of most used wallets for Bitcoin. But before installing any software we should always verify its digital signature, if available.
Sharing the dcrd
Sharing a dcrd with other devices is useful for those who intend to use a blockchain server on the local network so that the blockchain will be copied from t...
Decred Verifier
A script that downloads packages and verifies the digital signature and hashes of Decred packages.
Electrum Verifier
A script that downloads the package and verifies the digital signature of Electrum wallet.
Verifying digital signatures: Debian Linux
The downloaded copy of the operating system must also have its digital signature verified before installation on a new host or virtual machine.
Debian Verifier
A script that downloads the image and verifies the digital signature and hashes of Debian Linux.
Verifying digital signatures: Decred
The verification of digital signatures ensures that a message wasn’t altered and that the sender is the one who ‘signed’ the message, the owner of the key pa...