signmessage

signmessage "address" "message"

Signs a message using the private key associated with a specified address. If the wallet is encrypted, the wallet passphrase must be set using the walletpassphrase command before signing.

Argument #1 – address

Type: string, required

The bitcoinevo address to use for the private key.

Argument #2 – message

Type: string, required

The message to create a signature of.

Result

Name

Type

Description

str

string

The signature of the message encoded in base 64

Examples

Unlock the wallet for 30 seconds:

bitcoinevo-cli walletpassphrase "mypassphrase" 30

Create the signature:

bitcoinevo-cli signmessage "1D1ZrZNe3JUo7ZycKEYQQiQAWd9y54F4XX" "my message"

Verify the signature:

bitcoinevo-cli verifymessage "1D1ZrZNe3JUo7ZycKEYQQiQAWd9y54F4XX" "signature" "my message"

As a JSON-RPC call:

curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id": "curltest", "method": "signmessage", "params": ["1D1ZrZNe3JUo7ZycKEYQQiQAWd9y54F4XX", "my message"]}' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:7332/