diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2b126a65..a270fd2e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ which are both under active development.
 
 ## Requirements
 
-[Go](http://golang.org) 1.11 or newer.
+[Go](http://golang.org) 1.12 or newer.
 
 ## Installation
 
@@ -118,25 +118,12 @@ is used for this project.
 
 The documentation is a work-in-progress.  It is located in the [docs](https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/tree/master/docs) folder.
 
-## GPG Verification Key
+## Release Verification
 
-All official release tags are signed by Conformal so users can ensure the code
-has not been tampered with and is coming from the btcsuite developers.  To
-verify the signature perform the following:
-
-- Download the Conformal public key:
-  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/btcsuite/btcd/master/release/GIT-GPG-KEY-conformal.txt
-
-- Import the public key into your GPG keyring:
-  ```bash
-  gpg --import GIT-GPG-KEY-conformal.txt
-  ```
-
-- Verify the release tag with the following command where `TAG_NAME` is a
-  placeholder for the specific tag:
-  ```bash
-  git tag -v TAG_NAME
-  ```
+Please see our [documentation on the current build/verification
+process](https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd/tree/master/release) for all our
+releases for information on how to verify the integrity of published releases
+using our reproducible build system.
 
 ## License
 
diff --git a/cmd/btcctl/version.go b/cmd/btcctl/version.go
index fb147bcd..2195175c 100644
--- a/cmd/btcctl/version.go
+++ b/cmd/btcctl/version.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const semanticAlphabet = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqr
 // versioning 2.0.0 spec (http://semver.org/).
 const (
 	appMajor uint = 0
-	appMinor uint = 12
+	appMinor uint = 20
 	appPatch uint = 0
 
 	// appPreRelease MUST only contain characters from semanticAlphabet
diff --git a/release/GIT-GPG-KEY-conformal.txt b/release/GIT-GPG-KEY-conformal.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index a6d1a256..00000000
--- a/release/GIT-GPG-KEY-conformal.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
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diff --git a/release/README.md b/release/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..10d1c80c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+# `btcd`'s Reproducible Build System
+
+This package contains the build script that the `btcd` project uses in order to
+build binaries for each new release. As of `go1.13`, with some new build flags,
+binaries are now reproducible, allowing developers to build the binary on
+distinct machines, and end up with a byte-for-byte identical binary. However,
+this wasn't _fully_ solved in `go1.13`, as the build system still includes the
+directory the binary is built into the binary itself. As a result, our scripts
+utilize a work around needed until `go1.13.2`.  
+
+## Building a New Release
+
+### macOS/Linux/Windows (WSL)
+
+No prior set up is needed on Linux or macOS is required in order to build the
+release binaries. However, on Windows, the only way to build the release
+binaries at the moment is by using the Windows Subsystem Linux. One can build
+the release binaries following these steps:
+
+1. `git clone https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd.git
+2. `cd btcd`
+3. `./build/release/release.sh <TAG> # <TAG> is the name of the next
+   release/tag`
+
+This will then create a directory of the form `btcd-<TAG>` containing archives
+of the release binaries for each supported operating system and architecture,
+and a manifest file containing the hash of each archive.
+
+## Verifying a Release
+
+With `go1.13`, it's now possible for third parties to verify release binaries.
+Before this version of `go`, one had to trust the release manager(s) to build the
+proper binary. With this new system, third parties can now _independently_ run
+the release process, and verify that all the hashes of the release binaries
+match exactly that of the release binaries produced by said third parties.
+
+To verify a release, one must obtain the following tools (many of these come
+installed by default in most Unix systems): `gpg`/`gpg2`, `shashum`, and
+`tar`/`unzip`.
+
+Once done, verifiers can proceed with the following steps:
+
+1. Acquire the archive containing the release binaries for one's specific
+   operating system and architecture, and the manifest file along with its
+   signature.
+2. Verify the signature of the manifest file with `gpg --verify
+   manifest-<TAG>.txt.sig`. This will require obtaining the PGP keys which
+   signed the manifest file, which are included in the release notes.
+3. Recompute the `SHA256` hash of the archive with `shasum -a 256 <filename>`,
+   locate the corresponding one in the manifest file, and ensure they match
+   __exactly__.
+
+At this point, verifiers can use the release binaries acquired if they trust
+the integrity of the release manager(s). Otherwise, one can proceed with the
+guide to verify the release binaries were built properly by obtaining `shasum`
+and `go` (matching the same version used in the release):
+
+4. Extract the release binaries contained within the archive, compute their
+   hashes as done above, and note them down.
+5. Ensure `go` is installed, matching the same version as noted in the release
+   notes. 
+6. Obtain a copy of `btcd`'s source code with `git clone
+   https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd` and checkout the source code of the
+   release with `git checkout <TAG>`.
+7. Proceed to verify the tag with `git verify-tag <TAG>` and compile the
+   binaries from source for the intended operating system and architecture with
+   `BTCDBUILDSYS=OS-ARCH ./build/release/release.sh <TAG>`.
+8. Extract the archive found in the `btcd-<TAG>` directory created by the
+   release script and recompute the `SHA256` hash of the release binaries (btcd
+   and btcctl) with `shasum -a 256 <filename>`. These should match __exactly__
+   as the ones noted above.
diff --git a/release/release.sh b/release/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..53c73b8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Simple bash script to build basic btcd tools for all the platforms we support
+# with the golang cross-compiler.
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2016 Company 0, LLC.
+# Use of this source code is governed by the ISC
+# license.
+
+set -e
+
+# If no tag specified, use date + version otherwise use tag.
+if [[ $1x = x ]]; then
+    DATE=`date +%Y%m%d`
+    VERSION="01"
+    TAG=$DATE-$VERSION
+else
+    TAG=$1
+fi
+
+go mod vendor
+tar -cvzf vendor.tar.gz vendor
+
+PACKAGE=btcd
+MAINDIR=$PACKAGE-$TAG
+mkdir -p $MAINDIR
+
+cp vendor.tar.gz $MAINDIR/
+rm vendor.tar.gz
+rm -r vendor
+
+PACKAGESRC="$MAINDIR/$PACKAGE-source-$TAG.tar"
+git archive -o $PACKAGESRC HEAD
+gzip -f $PACKAGESRC > "$PACKAGESRC.gz"
+
+cd $MAINDIR
+
+# If BTCDBUILDSYS is set the default list is ignored. Useful to release
+# for a subset of systems/architectures.
+SYS=${BTCDBUILDSYS:-"
+        darwin-386
+        darwin-amd64
+        dragonfly-amd64
+        freebsd-386
+        freebsd-amd64
+        freebsd-arm
+        illumos-amd64
+        linux-386
+        linux-amd64
+        linux-armv6
+        linux-armv7
+        linux-arm64
+        linux-ppc64
+        linux-ppc64le
+        linux-mips
+        linux-mipsle
+        linux-mips64
+        linux-mips64le
+        linux-s390x
+        netbsd-386
+        netbsd-amd64
+        netbsd-arm
+        netbsd-arm64
+        openbsd-386
+        openbsd-amd64
+        openbsd-arm
+        openbsd-arm64
+        solaris-amd64
+        windows-386
+        windows-amd64
+        windows-arm
+"}
+
+# Use the first element of $GOPATH in the case where GOPATH is a list
+# (something that is totally allowed).
+PKG="github.com/btcsuite/btcd"
+COMMIT=$(git describe --abbrev=40 --dirty)
+
+for i in $SYS; do
+    OS=$(echo $i | cut -f1 -d-)
+    ARCH=$(echo $i | cut -f2 -d-)
+    ARM=
+
+    if [[ $ARCH = "armv6" ]]; then
+      ARCH=arm
+      ARM=6
+    elif [[ $ARCH = "armv7" ]]; then
+      ARCH=arm
+      ARM=7
+    fi
+
+    mkdir $PACKAGE-$i-$TAG
+    cd $PACKAGE-$i-$TAG
+
+    echo "Building:" $OS $ARCH $ARM
+    env CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=$OS GOARCH=$ARCH GOARM=$ARM go build -v -trimpath -ldflags="-s -w -buildid=" github.com/btcsuite/btcd
+    env CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=$OS GOARCH=$ARCH GOARM=$ARM go build -v -trimpath -ldflags="-s -w -buildid=" github.com/btcsuite/btcd/cmd/btcctl
+    cd ..
+
+    if [[ $OS = "windows" ]]; then
+	zip -r $PACKAGE-$i-$TAG.zip $PACKAGE-$i-$TAG
+    else
+	tar -cvzf $PACKAGE-$i-$TAG.tar.gz $PACKAGE-$i-$TAG
+    fi
+
+    rm -r $PACKAGE-$i-$TAG
+done
+
+shasum -a 256 * > manifest-$TAG.txt
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index 192f4a7f..92fd60fd 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const semanticAlphabet = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqr
 // versioning 2.0.0 spec (http://semver.org/).
 const (
 	appMajor uint = 0
-	appMinor uint = 12
+	appMinor uint = 20
 	appPatch uint = 0
 
 	// appPreRelease MUST only contain characters from semanticAlphabet