Bitcoin signed message

[jekv2]

I've tried this today last few days.

but how in the heck do I get a message to look like a form of this?


The template shared by thymos

-----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----
My account <account> has been hacked/lost. Please reset the email to <email>. The current date is <date>.
-----BEGIN SIGNATURE-----
<insert address here>
<insert signature here>
-----END BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----

I sign a message in bitcoin core client and it comes out like this.



Nothing like the above quote.

[Reav3R]

That's your signature, you need three inputs to verify: Address, Message (including spaces) & Signature. You don't need any specific format or order for those, you just need to have those three.

[grue]

Code:

-----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----
hello world
-----BEGIN SIGNATURE-----
1ELvnrA6PhUyDBS6iR25K1Xx4xXL6VMfJX
HPKvTnOjGNccVO3ZYdkQw44N3rogFzw8RnXd8KpgYoMJw4qk80lvTnDkCPcdccPRDCOo9ZjZkNj+jkIjtYsySlY=
-----END BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----

[rapsaodan84]

Where are you trying to verify? You should get 3 independent fields, so no need to merge in a single text field.

Try the - qt client or blockchain.info

[rapsaodan84]

You're missing the message in the big text field.

[theymos]

This confusion is why I request that (non-standard) signed message format. 75% of people were sending me just the signature without the message or address...

[rhino34567]

This confusion is why I request that (non-standard) signed message format. 75% of people were sending me just the signature without the message or address...

I personally use Brainwallet to verify, but I totally agree with this needing to become a standard. The way clients do it is a bunch of nonsense.