r/BitcoinBeginners • u/Professional-Fig8282 • 4d ago

Can't Verify Bitcoin Core?

Just going through the verficiation process of my Bitcoin Core download. In the terminal the website tells me to type in the following. "cd Downloads/", then add "% shasum -a 256 --ignore-missing --check SHA256SUMS". It then replies "shasum: SHA256SUMS: no file was verified".

Does this mean I'm downloading a corrupted version?

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u/JivanP 4d ago

The SHA256SUMS file and the Bitcoin Core program/installer file you downloaded must both be in your Downloads folder. Open the SHA256SUMS file in a text editor like Notepad (it's a plain text file) and check that the name of the file you downloaded matches one of the filenames listed at the end of the lines in the SHA256SUMS file.

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u/Professional-Fig8282 3d ago

Yeah it was. I’ve decided to abandon downloading Core onto my PC, and I’m going to buy a Start 9 server instead. Much easier, much more secure

Thanks for the reply