Verify this Archive

This archive is built to be copied, mirrored, and re-shared — that's how it survives. But copies can be tampered with. Here's how to confirm that any file, torrent, or mirror you find is the genuine, unmodified archive.

Our official website and mirrors:
archivegenocide.com archivegenocide.org archivegenocide.is
.org and .is are official mirrors — the same archive, run by us on independent infrastructure. If .com is ever down or blocked, use one of the mirrors. We also keep further backups in reserve; if all of these are taken down we'll announce a new address — always check our Telegram or Twitter for the current link. Any address not listed here may be a copy: fine for reading, but verify its files (below), and only ever submit footage through the channel linked on archivegenocide.com.
Archive Genocide signing key — fingerprint
C24E C92B 12D6 670A 2516 065F 9B4D 5754 99AF A53C

Install GPG (one time)

GPG is the free, standard tool for checking signatures. You only install it once:

Linux: sudo apt install gnupg  ·  macOS: brew install gnupg  ·  Windows: install Gpg4win — its Kleopatra app can verify with a couple of clicks, no terminal needed.

Import our key & check the fingerprint

This fetches our public key. The fingerprint it prints must exactly match the one in the green box above — that's what ties everything back to us.

gpg --fetch-keys https://archivegenocide.com/key.asc gpg --fingerprint [email protected]

Verify your torrent

Pick the torrent you're downloading and paste its block into your terminal. Each one grabs the tiny signature file and checks it — you don't have to re-hash the whole download.

🧲 Torrent 1 — The Complete Archive 864.5 GB
curl -O https://archivegenocide.com/archivegenocide-media.torrent curl -O https://archivegenocide.com/archivegenocide-media.torrent.asc gpg --verify archivegenocide-media.torrent.asc archivegenocide-media.torrent
🧲 Torrent 2 — Archive Update 801 GB
curl -O https://archivegenocide.com/archivegenocide-media-torrent2.torrent curl -O https://archivegenocide.com/archivegenocide-media-torrent2.torrent.asc gpg --verify archivegenocide-media-torrent2.torrent.asc archivegenocide-media-torrent2.torrent

✓ You're looking for “Good signature from Archive Genocide”. A warning that the key is “not certified with a trusted signature” is normal — it only means you haven't personally marked our key as trusted; what matters is the fingerprint match.

Check the files themselves (optional)

The step above proves the .torrent is ours. To also confirm the downloaded files by hand against our signed checksum list, paste the matching block. Each one downloads the files and the checksums, then checks every file:

🧲 Torrent 1 files
curl -O https://archivegenocide.com/archivegenocide-media.torrent curl -O https://archivegenocide.com/MAGNET.txt curl -O https://archivegenocide.com/SHA256SUMS curl -O https://archivegenocide.com/SHA256SUMS.asc gpg --verify SHA256SUMS.asc SHA256SUMS sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS
🧲 Torrent 2 files
curl -O https://archivegenocide.com/archivegenocide-media-torrent2.torrent curl -O https://archivegenocide.com/SHA256SUMS-torrent2 curl -O https://archivegenocide.com/SHA256SUMS-torrent2.asc gpg --verify SHA256SUMS-torrent2.asc SHA256SUMS-torrent2 sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS-torrent2

Each checked file should print OK, and the signature line Good signature. That confirms the .torrent + magnet are exactly ours. The media itself — all ~150,000 videos and photos — is verified automatically by your torrent client against the .torrent as it downloads; to re-check the whole set at once, right-click the torrent in qBittorrent or Transmission → Force recheck.

Trust the files, not the site.

A signature proves that content is authentically ours — it does not prove that a website is us. Anyone can clone this site and even copy our key and signatures onto it. A page looking right, or a file verifying, does not make the operator trustworthy.

So: read mirrors freely, and confirm their files with the steps above. But treat the page itself as untrusted unless it's on one of our official domains listed above (archivegenocide.com, .org, or .is — or a new address we announce on Telegram/Twitter if those ever change) — especially for anything that asks you to upload, log in, or submit.

Sending us footage? Only through the submission channel on archivegenocide.com or our official Telegram — never through a form on a mirror. If you're a source, that channel is how we protect you.