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Centhead on every device

Use it in your browser, install it on your phone in two taps, or get the desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux. It is the same account and the same itemised receipts everywhere.

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Centhead is in demo mode. The apps run the real mechanics with demonstration ads and demo money, and nothing earned in them can be withdrawn yet. The desktop apps are not code-signed, so Windows and macOS will warn you the first time. Check the file’s fingerprint (below) before you open it.

Windows

Installer or portable zip.

Installer (recommended)Windows 10 or later, 64-bit Portable zipUnzip and run Centhead.cmd; nothing is installed

Windows SmartScreen may say “Windows protected your PC”. Choose More info, then Run anyway, once you have checked the fingerprint.

macOS

A disk image for your kind of Mac.

Apple silicon (M1 and later)macOS 12 or later Intel MacsmacOS 12 or later

Open the disk image and drag Centhead to Applications. The first time, right-click the app and choose Open; macOS blocks unsigned apps that are simply double-clicked.

Linux

AppImage or .deb.

AppImage (any distribution)Make it executable, then run it Debian and Ubuntu (.deb)Install with your package manager

For the AppImage run chmod +x Centhead-linux-x64.AppImage then start it. Compute sharing needs a graphical session.

Phones and tablets

There is no store app yet. Until there is, Centhead installs from your browser and behaves like an app: its own icon, full screen, no address bar.

Android

  1. Open centhead.com/app in Chrome (or Edge, Brave, Samsung Internet).
  2. Tap the ⋮ menu, then Install app (or Add to Home screen).
  3. Open Centhead from your home screen.
Open in the browser

iPhone and iPad

  1. Open centhead.com/app in Safari (other iOS browsers can install it from iOS 16.4).
  2. Tap Share, then Add to Home Screen.
  3. Open Centhead from your home screen.
Open in the browser

Why no mining on phones? Compute sharing is a desktop-only feature, and it will stay that way. Mining on a phone drains the battery and wears the device, and both app stores forbid it. On a phone you can watch ads, answer polls, do tasks, shop for rewards and run your creator page.

Check what you downloaded

Every release lists a SHA-256 fingerprint for each file in SHA256SUMS.txt. Because the apps are not signed, this is how you know the file is the one we built.

Windows (PowerShell)

Get-FileHash .\Centhead-Setup.exe -Algorithm SHA256

macOS

shasum -a 256 Centhead-mac-arm64.dmg

Linux

sha256sum Centhead-linux-x64.AppImage

The result must match the line for that file in SHA256SUMS.txt exactly. If it does not, do not open the file; tell us.

Questions people ask

Why does my computer warn me?

Code-signing certificates cost money and need a registered company. Centhead is not signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen and macOS Gatekeeper treat it like any new, unknown program. Checking the fingerprint is the honest way to know it is ours.

Does the desktop app do anything the website does not?

One thing: opt-in compute sharing, which runs an open-source miner while you are away and pays the proceeds to your own wallet. It never starts by itself and it never runs on a phone. Many computers earn less than the electricity costs; the app shows you the arithmetic first.

Is it safe to run?

Every release is built on GitHub’s own machines from the project’s code, not on a personal computer, and published with a fingerprint for each file. The project’s audit notes list what has been checked and what has not.

When will there be App Store and Google Play apps?

When Centhead is cleared to take real money. Store listings need developer accounts, a privacy review and a company behind the app. The web app installs today and uses the same account.