Reproducibility Issues with Bitkit Wallet v1.1.2

[xrviv]

Hello team bitkit 👋,

Danny here from @WalletScrutiny

• WalletScrutiny Verification for v1.1.2 (for single apk)

📱 Reproducibility Issues with Bitkit Wallet v1.1.2

Overview

We attempted to verify the reproducibility of Bitkit wallet v1.1.2 and found that the build is not reproducible. This issue outlines our findings.

Build Environment

• Repository: https://github.com/synonymdev/bitkit
• Commit: 62a4429db3c79987c86058eaf60a90f8e741fcb1
• Build Method: Docker container using scripts/test/android/to.bitkit.dockerfile
• Build Server: Debian Bookworm

Issues Identified

1. Missing Environment Variables
   The build initially failed due to undocumented environment variables required in the .env file:

BACKEND_HOST=https://api.bitkit.to/ DEFAULT_BITCOIN_NETWORK=bitcoin

CHATWOOT_API=https://app.chatwoot.com/api/v1 E2E=false

2. Resource File Differences
   Significant differences in resource files between the built APK and the Play Store APK.

3. Code Differences
   Differences in classes.dex, index.android.bundle, and other compiled artifacts.

4. Unsigned Git Tags and Commits
   No valid signatures found on annotated tag or commit.

Why This Matters

Reproducible builds are essential for security and transparency. They allow users and third parties to verify that the published app matches the source code, ensuring no unexpected code has been introduced.

We'd be happy to collaborate on improving the reproducibility of Bitkit. Please let us know if you need any clarification or additional information about our findings.

[BitcoinErrorLog]

Thank you for your work. We hope to intentionally facilitate making it easy to reproduce Bitkit in the future. (@Jasonvdb if helping them is a small task, feel free to squeeze it in)

Otherwise, we're a year into rewriting Bitkit into native versions, so this RN version should hopefully be retired this year.

[Jasonvdb]

Those 3 vars are available in the template env here https://github.com/synonymdev/bitkit/blob/master/.env.production.template