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Title: signing a message Post by: empoweoqwj on February 22, 2014, 11:43:15 AM I have a bitcoin address in my "receiving -> used" list. I need to sign a message with this to prove to an external party it is mine.
So I select sign from the drop-down menu for the address, type in a message, hit the "Sign" button and get a signature. Great so far, except then I go to verify, paste the address and signatures in, hit "Verify" in and it just says Error: wrong signature I am using Electrum 1.9.7 on OSX What am I doing wrong here? Surely the verify function should work on a signature I've just created from a key? Please help. Title: Re: signing a message Post by: empoweoqwj on February 22, 2014, 12:02:30 PM I think I see now. I can't prove anything about a receiving address, only a sending address ....... doh!
Is that possible with signmessage() in electrum? Title: Re: signing a message Post by: escrow.ms on February 22, 2014, 12:06:48 PM signmessage <address> <message>
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Electrum Sign message option works in windows, not sure about osx. Title: Re: signing a message Post by: flatfly on February 22, 2014, 12:18:14 PM I have a bitcoin address in my "receiving -> used" list. I need to sign a message with this to prove to an external party it is mine. So I select sign from the drop-down menu for the address, type in a message, hit the "Sign" button and get a signature. Great so far, except then I go to verify, paste the address and signatures in, hit "Verify" in and it just says Error: wrong signature I am using Electrum 1.9.7 on OSX What am I doing wrong here? Surely the verify function should work on a signature I've just created from a key? Please help. Make sure you provide the address, signature, and the message (you only mentioned the first two) |