Bisq 2 is the successor to the original Bisq (Bisq v1). It has been developed from the ground up to allow for multiple trade protocols to be accessed via a single decentralized exchange platform.
For more information see: https://bisq.wiki/Bisq_2
Verification
For a detailed description on how to verify your Bisq installer please have a look at our wiki: https://bisq.wiki/Downloading_and_installing#Verify_installer_file
Url of the signing key (Alejandro García): https://bisq.network/pubkey/E222AA02.asc
Full fingerprint: B493 3191 06CC 3D1F 252E 19CB F806 F422 E222 AA02
Import the key:
curl https://bisq.network/pubkey/E222AA02.asc | gpg --import
GPG prints a confusion warning: "This key is not certified with a trusted signature!" - See https://serverfault.com/questions/569911/how-to-verify-an-imported-gpg-key for background information what it means.
How to verify signatures?
gpg --digest-algo SHA256 --verify BINARY{.asc*,}
Replace BINARY with the file you downloaded (e.g. Bisq-2.0.0.dmg)
Verify jar file inside binary:
You can verify on OSX the jar file with:
shasum -a256 [PATH TO BISQ APP]/Bisq\ 2.app/Contents/app/desktop-2.0.0-all.jar
The output need to match the value from the Bisq-2.0.0.jar.txt file.
There are three hashes within the Bisq-2.0.0.jar.txt file (macOS, Windows, Linux).
If you want to reproduce and verify the hash of the jar file locally, you need to do so on Windows or Linux using Java 17 and the v2.0.0 release tag.
Known issues with installation
macOS:
We removed notarization from our build pipeline because of of the risk of Apple certification revocation (see bisq-network/bisq#6341). Unfortunately this will require extra steps when installing Bisq on macOS.
Please follow the guide at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202491 in the section If you want to open an app that hasn’t been notarized or is from an unidentified developer
If you are running already macOS Ventura (13.0+) you need to do following to be able to start Bisq:
enter following command in Apple Terminal sudo xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Bisq\ 2.app
hit enter and you will be prompted to enter your password to be able to execute the command as super user
After running this successfully you should be able to start Bisq as always.
Windows:
We removed the developer code signing because of the same reason as with Apple.
For Windows you just have to ignore the warning after you have verified the installation file yourself and proceed with the installation.
There is a known issue with Anti Virus software. We got several reports from users running into different problems. Either the AV software blocks Bisq or Tor, delete files in the data directory [2] or app directory [1]) or cause such a long delay at startup that Tor gets terminated and a file remains locked which can cause that Bisq cannot be started afterwards. To resolve that you need to restart Windows then the lock get released. We are working on solutions to fix those issues.
If you use Crypto currencies on your Windows system be aware that Windows is much more vulnerable to malware than Linux or OSX. Consider to use a dedicated non-Windows system when dealing with cryptocurrencies.
[1] Application directory (contains application installation files):
C:\Users<username>\AppData\Local\Bisq2
[2] Data directory (contains all Bisq data including wallet):
C:\Users<username>\AppData\Roaming\Bisq2\btc_mainnet\tor (you can delete everything except the hiddenservice directory)
Linux:
Hint for Debian users:
If you have problems starting Bisq on Debian use: /opt/bisq/bin/Bisq
If your Linux distro does not support .deb files please follow this instruction:
cd ~/Downloads
mkdir tmp
cd tmp
ar x ../Bisq-64bit-2.0.0.deb
sudo tar Jxvf data.tar.xz
sudo cp -rp opt/Bisq2 /opt/
That instruction is not tested on many different distros. If you encounter problems please report it in a Github issue so we can improve it.