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Title: Can we use bitcoin wallet private key to sign human readable file?
Post by: PRCman on June 01, 2011, 10:05:01 AM

Is there any application that sign a human readable file by bitcion wallet private key?


Title: Re: Can we use bitcoin wallet private key to sign human readable file?
Post by: benjamindees on June 01, 2011, 10:15:27 AM
openssl pkeyutl


Title: Re: Can we use bitcoin wallet private key to sign human readable file?
Post by: PRCman on June 01, 2011, 10:17:54 AM
openssl pkeyutl

You mean that other application could read the wallet.dat without decrypt by bitcoin client?
really surprise me.



Title: Re: Can we use bitcoin wallet private key to sign human readable file?
Post by: benjamindees on June 01, 2011, 10:21:49 AM
No, that's assuming you have extracted the key first.  Search the forums, there are patches and (I think) utils that will do so.

e: My precioussss (http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?topic=2962.0)