Canary

Code is speech. No privacy, no freedom.

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Hash: SHA256

OpenSats has never been pressured to give up non-public information on grantees
and forced to keep quiet about it. OpenSats has never been pressured by outside
entities to stop funding certain people or projects.

This canary is linked at [0] and will be re-signed at the beginning of the
following months:

* February
* May
* August
* November

We include the latest Bitcoin block hash in each update to establish that the
signature was not pre-generated:

* Height: `927617`
* Block hash: `000000000000000000004b913d729e4a49bd60aca58619e131458c1b8e41750b`

[0] https://opensats.org/transparency

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Don't trust, verify

  1. Import Gigi's PGP key:
curl https://opensats.org/docs/dergigi.pub.asc | gpg --import
  1. Download the signed canary statement
  2. Verify the signature:
gpg --auto-key-retrieve --verify canary.txt.asc
  1. You should get an output that is similar to the following (make sure to check the date that the canary was signed):
gpg: Signature made Wed  7 Aug 23:30:46 2024 WEST
gpg:                using RSA key 8198A18530A522A09561243989C4A25E69A5DE7F
gpg: Good signature from "Gigi D. <gigi@opensats.org>" [ultimate]

Unless you've taken steps to build a trust path to Gigi's key, you will see a similar warning as below. However, it can be disregarded if you've gotten "Good signature".

gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
gpg:          There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner.
Primary key fingerprint: 8198 A185 30A5 22A0 9561  2439 89C4 A25E 69A5 DE7F

Alternatively, you can use the keybase to verify the signed message.

Stay safe everyone, and keep building.