# Key Supersession

Effective immediately (i.e., as of 2026-07-08),
    my only valid OpenPGP key is:

````
ed25519, created 2026-07-08
8B11 40AD B518 5334 E9FA  513B 7568 1C81 6731 2680
Alexander Hess <ah@alexander-hess.com>
Alexander Hess <alexander@webartifex.biz>
Alexander Hess <alexander@webartifex.de>
````

The following keys are revoked as superseded:

````
rsa4096, created 2020-07-17   (main key from 2020 to 2026)
AB5C 0E31 9D77 350F BA6C  F143 344E A5AB 10D8 68E0

ed25519, created 2026-02-16   (main key for 5 months in 2026)
E882 EE15 1EB9 0703 133D  FE9F 6D11 C1E9 1D3B 0265
````

Further, the address `alexander@hess.software`
    is withdrawn for now and will not be used in the new key.

Both old keys have certified the new key.

Fetch and verify yourself:

````bash
gpg --keyserver hkps://keys.openpgp.org --recv-keys 8B1140ADB5185334E9FA513B75681C8167312680
gpg --check-signatures 8B1140ADB5185334E9FA513B75681C8167312680
````

This file is signed with both the old keys and the new one.