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CHECKERS

Download checker

Before you install a wallet or node, check the file against the SHA-256 hash its developers published. Runs in your browser; the file is never uploaded.

1 · The file you downloaded

The file is read by your browser and never uploaded. Large files take a few seconds.

Copy it from the project's own website or release page, not from the place you downloaded the file. You can paste the whole list of hashes; the checker finds the line for your file by name.

A fake wallet app is one of the oldest ways to steal bitcoin. Serious wallet and node projects publish a SHA-256 hash for every file they release: a 64-character fingerprint that changes completely if a single byte of the file changes. Most guides tell you to compare it on the command line. This does the same comparison in your browser.

Choose the file you downloaded, then paste the published hash, or the whole SHA256SUMS list, and the checker finds the right line by file name. A match proves the file is the one on that list. It does not prove who wrote the list: for that, projects also sign it, and the lesson below walks through checking the signature.

Related lessons: Verify a download before you install it, Scams aimed at holders.

Education only, not financial, tax or legal advice. Results are estimates from what you enter and from public data that can be late or wrong; check anything important before you act on it. A matching hash shows the file matches the list you compared it with, not that the list is genuine. Get hashes from the project's official source and check its signature as well. By using this tool you accept the Terms of Use and Disclaimer.

SOURCES

  1. NIST FIPS 180-4: Secure Hash Standard (SHA-256)
  2. Bitcoin Core: download and verify
  3. Sparrow Wallet: download and verify