Binaries

There are two types of binaries:

Specter Desktop

It's a windowed GUI application with Specter server included.
Supported platforms: Windows, MacOS, Linux (x86_64)

Note on Linux: you need to set up udev rules (included in the archive). Check out readme.

Note on macOS: The current build supports only macOS Catalina (10.15) or higher. If you'd like to run Specter on an older macOS version, you can install Specter from Pip.

specterd

It's a command-line program that only runs Specter server.
Supported platforms: Windows, MacOS, Linux (x86_64)

Signatures and hashes

SHA256SUMS file contains sha256 hashes of all binary files and signed with "Specter Signer's" GPG key.
You can get the public key from here.
Fingerprint of the key is 785A 2269 EE3A 9736 AC1A 4F4C 864B 7CF9 A811 FEF7
This key has been signed by @k9ert's key which you might have used for validating th 1.7.0 release.

Release notes

• UIUX: Address labeling revamp #1978 (OTK & Manolis Mandrapilias)
• UIUX: Better node selection #1987 (Manolis Mandrapilias)
• UIUX: Update Passport connection instructions #2010 (BitcoinQnA)
• Bugfix: Long loading time of wallets at start-up with Spectrum #2015 (k9ert)
• Bugfix: Merkle proofs with Spectrum #2012 (k9ert)
• Bugfix: Addressinfo edge case fixed #2001 (relativisticelectron)
• Bugfix: Version not properly detected #2020 (k9ert)
• Chore: Generic error handling for API calls #2014 (k9ert)
• Chore: Moving the Spectrum extension to a core extension #2011 (k9ert)
• Chore: Bump qs from 6.5.2 to 6.5.3 in /pyinstaller/electron #2002 (dependabot[bot])
• Chore: Bump Spectrum and Python version #2027 (Manolis Mandrapilias)
• Chore: Cypress test for address labeling #2021 (Manolis Mandrapilias)
• Chore: Fix nix shell by generating hashes with pip-compile #2016 (hodlwave)
• Docs: Corrected build instructions #1996 (relativisticelectron)