Airdrop Guide for Unix
To receive an Atomflow airdrop you have to:
- Create a key-pair (a private key and a public key) using the GNU Privacy Guard free and open source software.
- Send your public key to us by email or on SimpleX or Matrix.
After sending your public key:
- You will receive an encrypted and signed note (token) for this key with 0.25 Ely. The note entitles you to this amount of Ely once Atomflow is released.
- Once released, the amount of Ely in the note will be sent to the public key you shared with us and you can spend the amount with your private key.
This guide will show you how to create the required keys and how to receive your airdrop.
Please, note that each person is entitled to a single airdrop. So we reserve the right to ask you to verify this when we see fit. We also reserve the right to send an airdrop in response to a request in our sole discretion.
This guide requires the GNU Privacy Guard software to installed on your computer, which is an open source software that has been heavily used for encryption and decryption worldwide by people, governments and militaries since 1997. This guide describes using the official GNU Privacy Guard software, which is part of the GNU Project and is an officially supported project by the Free Software Foundation.
The link provided to download the GNU Privacy Guard software points to the official GNU Privacy Guard download website. You can easily verify this on your own.
For people not familiar with the GNU Project:
- GNU Privacy Guard Official Website | Wikipedia Page.
- GNU Project Official Website | Wikipedia Page.
No other software is installed in this guide.
Summary
This is a step-by-step guide to generate the required keys and receive your airdrop. You will generate a key for signing and verifying messages (the signature key) and another encryption key to exchange encrypted messages with us. The signature and encryption keys will be stored together in a single file.
You will generate a key-pair: a private key and its corresponding public key. The private and public keys will be saved to separate files. The private must be kept secret for you alone. You must not share the private key with any other person, including us, and store it securely and confidentially. If you lose your private key, you will not be able to receive your airdrop.
It is recommended that you keep your public key private and only share it with us in order for us to send you the airdrop.
Install the GNU Privacy Guard software
Ubuntu
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gnupg
CentOS
sudo yum install gnupg2
FreeBSD
sudo pkg update
sudo pkg install gnupg
sudo pkg install pinentry
Generate a key-pair
Create a directory for Atomflow airdrop keys and cd to that directory
cd ~ ; mkdir "Atomflow Airdrop Keys" ; cd "Atomflow Airdrop Keys"
Generate your keys
gpg --expert --full-gen-key
Select the ECC (sign and encrypt) option then the Curve 25519 option and specify the validity period of the key – recommended 3 years (3y) – as prompted.
Next, enter the user ID details for the keys: name, email address and comment. The comment should be memorable so you can distinguish what the key is for later. We suggest Key for receiving Atomflow airdrop for the comment.
Make sure that you can be reached on at the email address you specify because this is the only email address we will respond to if you intend to communicate with us by email and it is the email address we will send any communication to.
Select a strong passphrase that no one can guess easily. We suggest a passphrase length of 16 characters or more with mixed upper-and lower-case letters, numbers and special characters.
You will need to enter your passphrase twice to confirm that you are typing it without mistakes. We recommend entering the passphrase twice without using copying or pasting.
Save the passphrase securely and confidentially. Without the passphrase, you will not be able to use the key. Store the passphrase separately from the exported keys.
If all is well, you will have generated your keys, the signature and encryption keys.
Example. The final output of the command will be similar to the example below.
pub ed25519 2025-11-09 [SC] [expires: 2028-11-08]
955B3730970F3171F06F50602FBD27120BD79002
uid John Smith (Key for receiving Atomflow airdop) <john@example.com>
sub cv25519 2025-11-09 [E] [expires: 2028-11-08]
The fingerprint 955B3730970F3171F06F50602FBD27120BD79002 shown on the output is the fingerprint of the signature key in this example. Your key fingerprint will be different.
Select and copy the fingerprint of your key as shown in your terminal. You will need it in the next steps.
Verify your keys
gpg --list-secret-keys
Example. The output should be similar to (but not the same as) the following.
...
pub ed25519 2025-11-09 [SC] [expires: 2028-11-08]
955B3730970F3171F06F50602FBD27120BD79002
uid [ultimate] John Smith (Key for receiving Atomflow airdrop) <john@example.com>
sub cv25519 2025-11-09 [E] [expires: 2028-11-08]
...
Export your public key
gpg --export -a <FINGERPRINT> > atomflow-airdrop-public-key.asc
where <FINGERPRINT> is the fingerprint of the key you have just generated.
Example. With the fingerprint from the above example, the command would be
gpg --export -a 955B3730970F3171F06F50602FBD27120BD79002 > atomflow-airdrop-public-key.asc
Export your private key
gpg --export-secret-key -a <FINGERPRINT> > atomflow-airdrop-private-key.asc
where <FINGERPRINT> is the fingerprint of the key you have just generated.
Store your private key securely and privately after exporting it.
Example. With the fingerprint from the above example, the command would be
gpg --export -a 955B3730970F3171F06F50602FBD27120BD79002 > atomflow-airdrop-public-key.asc
Import the Atomflow Airdrop Key
Atomflow Airdrop Key details are shown below.
Fingerprint : Unique and complete identifier of the key
80D571126DBA87B56306D40F63ECFDDC3C6D1BD9
URL : Link to download the key
https://atomflow.ai/keys/atomflow-airdrop-key.asc
⟹ Download the Atomflow Airdrop Key and verify its authenticity.
The key can also be downloaded from OpenPGP servers https://keys.openpgp.org/vks/v1/by-fingerprint/80D571126DBA87B56306D40F63ECFDDC3C6D1BD9. Note that Chrome would download the file normally but some versions of Firefox may fail to load the URL.
curl -O https://atomflow.ai/keys/atomflow-airdrop-key.asc
gpg --show-keys Atomflow-Airdrop-Key.asc
Make sure that output shows 80D571126DBA87B56306D40F63ECFDDC3C6D1BD9 as the fingerprint for the key before importing it into GPG.
Otherwise, you must not use the key and must delete it from your disk as someone may well be interfering with your network connection to lead you to believe that you will be communicating with us when you are, in fact, will be not.
⟹ Import the Atomflow Airdrop Key into the GPG keyring.
gpg --import Atomflow-Airdrop-Key.asc
Encrypt and sign your public key
gpg --local-user <YOUR_KEY_FINGERPRINT> \
--encrypt --sign --armor \
-r 80D571126DBA87B56306D40F63ECFDDC3C6D1BD9 atomflow-airdrop-public-key.asc
where <YOUR_KEY_FINGERPRINT> is the fingerprint of the key you have generated, 80D571126DBA87B56306D40F63ECFDDC3C6D1BD9 fingerprint is the fingerprint of the Atomflow Airdrop Key you have imported earlier, atomflow-airdrop-public-key.asc is the file name of your public key.
The encrypted public key will be named atomflow-airdrop-public-key.asc.asc (ending in double .asc) and will be located in the same directory as the original public key.
Send your encrypted public key to us
Send us the encrypted public key as an attachment in one of the ways listed below. Your message must begin with the title Airdrop Request.
- In an email sent from the email address your specified in your key (click to send email). To use PGP email encryption, download and use the Atomflow Airdrop Email Key.
- In a direct chat on Matrix to @atomflow:matrix.org.
- In a direct chat on SimpleX to Atomflow Airdrop.
[Simplest, Most Secure] Using SimpleX, only you and us will know that the communication has occurred. It is the only channel which allows no one else but you and us to know that you have requested an airdrop. SimpleX servers know about your IP address unless you use a VPN or Tor.
Using Matrix, the content of the communication is not known to Matrix servers but the servers know that the communication has taken place. Matrix servers cannot know that the communication was about requesting an airdrop. Matrix servers know about your IP address unless you use a VPN or Tor.
PGP encrypted email is neither complete nor very simple
Using encrypted email, the content of the communication is not known to the sending, receiving or any intermediate server but the servers know that the communication has taken place. Involved servers cannot know that the communication was about requesting an airdrop. Note that some email applications will not allow sending encrypted email to the receiver unless you trust the receiver’s key (in this case, the Atomflow Airdrop Email Key) before sending the email. If you use encrypted email to get your airdrop, we suggest that you use separate keys for email PGP keys and airdrop keys that you have created earlier.
Using unencrypted email (the default if you have not set up PGP keys for your email) allows the server to know that you have requested an airdrop. The server knows that the communication has occurred and the content of the emails exchanged.
Note that the airdrop procedure described above ensures that the keys and airdrop email attachments are encrypted but not the textual body of the email.
Even with PGP-encrypted email, the subject of the email, addresses of sender and receivers and timestamps are not encrypted.
Your email service provider associates your IP address with your account unless you use an I2P or Tor email service provider or always interact with your conventional email service provider through a VPN.
For PGP-encrypted email, you can use Thunderbird, Evolution, Enigmail, Outlook, Proton Mail or email service providers supported by browser extensions such as FlowCrypt or Mailvelope (Gmail and Outlook are supported). For Proton Mail, you have to manually upload the Atomflow Airdrop Email Key into your Proton Mail’s contacts manager. See https://proton.me/support/how-to-use-pgp under Sending PGP emails).
Receiving your airdrop
You will receive your airdrop as an encrypted note on the same channel you sent your public key to us on. The note will be signed by our private Atomflow Airdrop Key. You can decrypt the note and verify its signature with the keys you have generated and the Atomflow Airdrop Key you have imported. You must store your note securely and keep it, at least, until you receive your coins.
To decrypt and verify the signature, open the terminal and cd to the directory in which you saved the encrypted note.
Issue the following command
cd <path-to-the-directory-in-which-the-encrypted-note-is>
then, issue the following command
gpg <filename-of-the-encrypted-note>
Make sure that the signature is valid and was made by the Atomflow Airdrop Key having the fingerprint 80D571126DBA87B56306D40F63ECFDDC3C6D1BD9.
The decrypted note will be stored in the same folder in which the encrypted note is located.