chainhash provides a generic hash type and associated functions that allows the specific hash algorithm to be abstracted.
$ go get -u github.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg/chainhash
All official release tags are signed by Conformal so users can ensure the code has not been tampered with and is coming from the btcsuite developers. To verify the signature perform the following:
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Download the public key from the Conformal website at https://opensource.conformal.com/GIT-GPG-KEY-conformal.txt
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Import the public key into your GPG keyring:
gpg --import GIT-GPG-KEY-conformal.txt
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Verify the release tag with the following command where
TAG_NAME
is a placeholder for the specific tag:git tag -v TAG_NAME
Package chainhash is licensed under the copyfree ISC License.