Hi knightdk, thanks for these suggestions.


Yeah I guess those instructions are wrong now.

This other method you suggest trying, I think that's actually how I did it a few years ago, when I first downloaded a much earlier version of Armory for testing. I think I recall how to do that.

As I recall, it's a two-step process, right?

(1) Verify the signature at end of *.txt.asc file:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/bitcoinarmory-releases/armory_0.93.2_sha256sum.txt.asc

(2) Run some sha256sum program against the downloaded *.deb file:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/bitcoinarmory-releases/armory_0.93.2_ubuntu-64bit.deb

and verify that the hash produced matches the hash for the deb mentioned in the *.txt.asc file.


Thanks, I removed the :11371 from the URL in the browser, and the page displayed correctly.

Perhaps the link on the Armory downloads page:

http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=bitcoinarmory+offline&op=index

should also be modified to:

http://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?search=bitcoinarmory+offline&op=index

so that it would work - to avoid confusing the users.


Yeah, I double-checked the (very similar-looking) version numbers (0.93.2 vs 0.92.3), plus I also enabled Javascript in my Tor browser for the Armory downloads page - and clicking on the 2nd tab doesn't actually display the stuff for the older version (0.92.3).

I recall that the Armory website had some similar problems a few years ago - some Ajax or JavaScript stuff that wasn't working right.

I suspect that whatever web framework was used to develop the Armory website might have some kinks in it.

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I understand that Armory has this reputation for being only for "advanced" users (and in earlier versions it was a resource hog).

But I've installed and tested Armory and found it straightforward to use.

In other words, the Armory software is very user-friendly, and (in my opinion) suitable for all levels of users, not only advanced users.

But in order for non-advanced users, the GPG-verification instructions on the Armory downloads page should probably be reviewed and updated to correct anything that's out-of-date or potentially confusing, and perhaps make the instructions a bit more user-friendly, to accomodate non-advanced users who might want to use Armory.

So: the software itself is very easy to use - for all levels of users, from beginner to advanced.

But the Armory downloads page has outdated and/or incomplete instructions (on how to GPG-verify the binaries), so this is probably a factor which could discourage non-advanced users.

Cleaning up the instructions for GPG-verification on the Armory downloads webpage would probably be a major help to encourage more users to adopt Armory.

Thanks!