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name: verifymessage | |||||
version: 0.21.12 | |||||
group: util | |||||
permalink: doc/0.21.12/rpc/util/verifymessage/ | |||||
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verifymessage "address" "signature" "message" | |||||
Verify a signed message | |||||
Arguments: | |||||
1. address (string, required) The bitcoin address to use for the signature. | |||||
2. signature (string, required) The signature provided by the signer in base 64 encoding (see signmessage). | |||||
3. message (string, required) The message that was signed. | |||||
Result: | |||||
true|false (boolean) If the signature is verified or not. | |||||
Examples: | |||||
Unlock the wallet for 30 seconds | |||||
> bitcoin-cli walletpassphrase "mypassphrase" 30 | |||||
Create the signature | |||||
> bitcoin-cli signmessage "1D1ZrZNe3JUo7ZycKEYQQiQAWd9y54F4XX" "my message" | |||||
Verify the signature | |||||
> bitcoin-cli verifymessage "1D1ZrZNe3JUo7ZycKEYQQiQAWd9y54F4XX" "signature" "my message" | |||||
As a JSON-RPC call | |||||
> curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "verifymessage", "params": ["1D1ZrZNe3JUo7ZycKEYQQiQAWd9y54F4XX", "signature", "my message"] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:8332/ | |||||