Thank you so much for this potentially helpful information. I will keep it in mind for the future in case I ever need to use it for a mobile device.

I keep forgetting exactly how I verified Electrum each time I'm required to do it again for a new update. I was hoping someone could tell me what steps of the PGP verification process do NOT need to be repeated and what steps I do need to repeat to verify it?

Hmm why I have not heard of sparrow until now, especially if it's easier to use than Electrum what are the pros and cons between using the 2 Wallets?

Okay how do I set up my own node for Electrum desktop wallet to be used alongside my hardware Ledger Nano S?

Okay so I use a Ledger Nano S hardware wallet with Electrum usually. Would I even benefit from worrying about this?
?

I'm not clear at all what this does other than help a bit with privacy and or anonymity to set up a full Bitcoin node so I don't have to trust my information to come from Ledger Live from what little I do understand is that's basically what it does changes the source of information for Bitcoin to the source?

Found what on youtube?

Thanks for the advice @o_l_e_o I will go check it out.

Is there anywhere else that I might be more likely to get a quicker reply at?

I just haven't been able to get past this part and idk how necessary it is and it's saying its not locating the file essentially?    "Change to the Downloads directory with the command: cd Downloads.

binary cmd cd

Calculate the hash of the Monero binary with the command: certUtil -hashfile monero-gui-win-x64-v0.16.0.2.zip SHA256 (if you downloaded a command-line only version, replace monero-gui-win-x64-v0.16.0.2.zip accordingly).

binary cmd certutil

Compare the hash from the terminal with the one in the hash file. They should be the same (spaces can be ignored).

binary compare hashes

If your hash DOES match then you are finished with verification! You can be sure the Monero files you have are authentic. You may extract and install/use the files normally.

If your hash DOES NOT match DO NOT CONTINUE. Instead delete the Monero binary from the Downloads directory and go back to section 4.1."






(Sorry I didn't copy and paste pictures from this tutorial I'm following: https://www.getmonero.org/resources/user-guides/verification-windows-beginner.html#21-download-signing-key

Okay I'll do that thanks and that's interesting.

Ok thank you so much I managed to do it thanks to that one video and your post, and I'd like to find a good Monero Wallet to use with my Hardware Ledger Nano S on my computer as I assume to date it's not possible to send or receive cryptocurrency via a iphone or android device?

I think I did it but it looks different from the youtube video tutorial I watched here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0zgZ4M1Bro



This is what it shows me (it had no green coloured background like in the video):


 "Verified ‘electrum-4.4.6-setup.exe’ with ‘electrum-4.4.6-setup.exe.asc’: 3 valid signatures."


                 Signature created on August 20, 2023 7:18:16 PM
With unavailable certificate:
ID: 0x637DB1E23370F84AFF88CCE03152347D07DA627C
You can search the certificate on a keyserver or import it from a file.

Signature created on August 17, 2023 4:59:29 PM
With unavailable certificate:
ID: 0x0EEDCFD5CAFB459067349B23CA9EEEC43DF911DC
You can search the certificate on a keyserver or import it from a file.

Signature created on August 17, 2023 3:09:34 PM
With certificate:
Thomas Voegtlin (https://electrum.org) <thomasv@electrum.org> (2BD5 824B 7F94 70E6)
The signature is valid and the certificate's validity is fully trusted."

Thanks a lot for the new guide ^   but my 1st question now (among many others) is does it matter what name and email address I use at step 1?

Thanks that's most helpful guide posted so far, but in that video I'm sent to a file to download when I click signatures next to electrum download file but it doesn't bring to a webapge to copy and paste the text like the youtube video shows it just a file that when I open it now with GPG4Win/Kleopatra installed it brings up a bunch of options 1st one stating I got 3 signatures that cannot be verified?





OMG I'm  beginning to remember why I gave up on trying to accomplish this seemingly mandatory task FFS!

Um thank you but now I'm stuck at step 3 due to the links for files I need leading me to a youtube video and the other leading me to this:


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-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----"







 But idk if this ^ is what I need let alone useful to me in anyway at all to copy and paste it somewheere?

To honest in a blunt way. It's only overwhelming it's confusing AF. It seems like the instructions are not in order I guess?

I downloaded the signature file next to the electrum download which I'm not sure about that if those are the right files in right order. I made a keypair but it mentions a private key?
 
"If you already have a private key that can be used to certify other people's keys, you can import it at this time."



I'm new to "cryptocurrency/Bitcoin" and I've needed to learn PGP encryption for anything in my life until now so any help is greatly appreciated more than one can realize lol.

Okay it says I need to make my own PGP public key but doesn't explain how exactly so maybe I did that wrong idk? Out of curiosity of I use a hardware wallet like ledger nano s via electrum desktop app that is has not had PGP verification and worse case scenario no one can technically access my bitcoin that's on my hardware wallet. It'd simply be the pain in the ass of removing the software that's corrupted on the computer it was used on if I'm not mistaken?

I haven't verified a PGP signature in a long time so I guess I'm doing something wrong. But I was hoping I can get a fresh view on how I can go about it or is the official walkthrough the best and easiest way to go about and I should just re-read and attempt it over again to figure out what I did wrong?