How to sign a message?!

[denis-z12]

Hi, i downloaded electrum wallet and signed a message.
Can you please verify this signature and If I have done it properly?

Thanks

INIxt5NgT9dpyQP65cDxYCcLdlqHTgCWAUXG/zvOUVsTHfW+VkITo8+vMsLDExjjnqVBKxK51TrIucrYa6zw578=

We cannot verify a message without your Bitcoin address and your message text
Of course never reveal your private address

Oh sorry I guess i didnt understand the process properly. I thought I was supposed to post the signature and that will reveal my address and the message.
So do I need to post all 3? message, bitcoin address and signature for someone to verify it?

Yes, you need to post all these 3 things that you mentioned

Ok, i will do that when I am back on my pc. Thanks!

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[JeremyB]

Is possible to sign a message with any currency or only with bitcoin?

You can sign message with a lot of wallets of different crypto currencies.
But if you want to protect your bitcointalk account you must sign a message with a bitcoin wallet and stake your bitcoin address here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=996318.new#new

[denis-z12]

Hi, i downloaded electrum wallet and signed a message.
Can you please verify this signature and If I have done it properly?

Thanks

INIxt5NgT9dpyQP65cDxYCcLdlqHTgCWAUXG/zvOUVsTHfW+VkITo8+vMsLDExjjnqVBKxK51TrIucrYa6zw578=

We cannot verify a message without your Bitcoin address and your message text
Of course never reveal your private address

Oh sorry I guess i didnt understand the process properly. I thought I was supposed to post the signature and that will reveal my address and the message.
So do I need to post all 3? message, bitcoin address and signature for someone to verify it?

Yes, you need to post all these 3 things that you mentioned

OK here are are 3 things, can someone please check and verify if its ok?

Code:

This is denis-z12 from bitcointalk and I am signing this message on 14/06/2018 in order to recover my account in case it ever gets hacked.

1SHTU4T1wMY8whhN5n62w3Ed4E6ubEq6s

INIxt5NgT9dpyQP65cDxYCcLdlqHTgCWAUXG/zvOUVsTHfW+VkITo8+vMsLDExjjnqVBKxK51TrIucrYa6zw578=

Thanks

[LTU_btc]

Hi, i downloaded electrum wallet and signed a message.
Can you please verify this signature and If I have done it properly?

Thanks

INIxt5NgT9dpyQP65cDxYCcLdlqHTgCWAUXG/zvOUVsTHfW+VkITo8+vMsLDExjjnqVBKxK51TrIucrYa6zw578=

We cannot verify a message without your Bitcoin address and your message text
Of course never reveal your private address

Oh sorry I guess i didnt understand the process properly. I thought I was supposed to post the signature and that will reveal my address and the message.
So do I need to post all 3? message, bitcoin address and signature for someone to verify it?

Yes, you need to post all these 3 things that you mentioned

OK here are are 3 things, can someone please check and verify if its ok?

Code:

This is denis-z12 from bitcointalk and I am signing this message on 14/06/2018 in order to recover my account in case it ever gets hacked.

1SHTU4T1wMY8whhN5n62w3Ed4E6ubEq6s

INIxt5NgT9dpyQP65cDxYCcLdlqHTgCWAUXG/zvOUVsTHfW+VkITo8+vMsLDExjjnqVBKxK51TrIucrYa6zw578=

Thanks

Quoted and verified using https://tools.bitcoin.com

[denis-z12]

Hi, i downloaded electrum wallet and signed a message.
Can you please verify this signature and If I have done it properly?

Thanks

INIxt5NgT9dpyQP65cDxYCcLdlqHTgCWAUXG/zvOUVsTHfW+VkITo8+vMsLDExjjnqVBKxK51TrIucrYa6zw578=

We cannot verify a message without your Bitcoin address and your message text
Of course never reveal your private address

Oh sorry I guess i didnt understand the process properly. I thought I was supposed to post the signature and that will reveal my address and the message.
So do I need to post all 3? message, bitcoin address and signature for someone to verify it?

Yes, you need to post all these 3 things that you mentioned

OK here are are 3 things, can someone please check and verify if its ok?

Code:

This is denis-z12 from bitcointalk and I am signing this message on 14/06/2018 in order to recover my account in case it ever gets hacked.

1SHTU4T1wMY8whhN5n62w3Ed4E6ubEq6s

INIxt5NgT9dpyQP65cDxYCcLdlqHTgCWAUXG/zvOUVsTHfW+VkITo8+vMsLDExjjnqVBKxK51TrIucrYa6zw578=

Thanks

Quoted and verified using https://tools.bitcoin.com

I appreciate it, thanks, now all I need to do is to stake this address in the corresponding topic and thats it?

[InvoKing]

What are these signed message that are so important?

By signing a message, you prove that the staked Bitcoin address is yours.
So, for example, in case your account get hacked, you can create a new one then sign a new message with that Bitcoin address so the admin can restore the hacked account to you.

[LTU_btc]

I appreciate it, thanks, now all I need to do is to stake this address in the corresponding topic and thats it?

Now you don't need to do anything, you already staked your address here.

[richan]

I am getting lost here, I am followinsun a message and went through the process alright but My question is , If I signed a message, does it means, It validate only my account on bitcointalk as me as the sole owner of it or I can use it for other things too.

[InvoKing]

I am getting lost here, I am followinsun a message and went through the process alright but My question is , If I signed a message, does it means, It validate only my account on bitcointalk as me as the sole owner of it or I can use it for other things too.

As i said before that by signing a message, you prove that the staked Bitcoin address is yours. Same things goes for the other users.
Most of the time in bitcointalk we use the staked address to prove the ownership of the account but you could use it at any other situation.
I don't have in my mind many examples but let's say you are willing to buy something from a trusted member then another user who try to buy the same thing claims that the account of the seller is hacked so he can buy the item later with another account he possess, the easier way to verify if the seller is the right person is to ask him to sign an old message.

[2342q6tegw]

Useful, info OP, thanks.

https://blockchain.info/address/1BKL2xzF4YNFJKaMFFNi7QGyRJS99oqRt8

-----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hello World!(and bitcointalk forum) this is in fact  a wallet owned by 2342q6tegw.  This has been iissued for proof of ownership and the  current epoch is 1529574900-
----BEGIN SIGNATURE-----
HxfjwKCRXJkb/asKLS4/qV5t0+N4dHVPrdDYKENAHHEiIoVw2bXXbjCmndy4/wDcHtPlYiAJPav06ju++PW2hD0=
-----END BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----

[InvoKing]

Useful, info OP, thanks.

https://blockchain.info/address/1BKL2xzF4YNFJKaMFFNi7QGyRJS99oqRt8

-----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hello World!(and bitcointalk forum) this is in fact  a wallet owned by 2342q6tegw.  This has been iissued for proof of ownership and the  current epoch is 1529574900-
----BEGIN SIGNATURE-----
HxfjwKCRXJkb/asKLS4/qV5t0+N4dHVPrdDYKENAHHEiIoVw2bXXbjCmndy4/wDcHtPlYiAJPav06ju++PW2hD0=
-----END BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----

I will fix the text first

-----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hello World!(and bitcointalk forum) this is in fact  a wallet owned by 2342q6tegw.  This has been iissued for proof of ownership and the  current epoch is 1529574900
-----BEGIN SIGNATURE-----
1BKL2xzF4YNFJKaMFFNi7QGyRJS99oqRt8
HxfjwKCRXJkb/asKLS4/qV5t0+N4dHVPrdDYKENAHHEiIoVw2bXXbjCmndy4/wDcHtPlYiAJPav06ju++PW2hD0=
-----END BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----

Quoted for future reference and verified using http://brainwalletx.github.io/#verify?vrAddr=1BKL2xzF4YNFJKaMFFNi7QGyRJS99oqRt8&vrMsg=Hello%20World!(and%20bitcointalk%20forum)%20this%20is%20in%20fact%20%20a%20wallet%20owned%20by%202342q6tegw.%20%20This%20has%20been%20iissued%20for%20proof%20of%20ownership%20and%20the%20%20current%20epoch%20is%201529574900&vrSig=HxfjwKCRXJkb%2FasKLS4%2FqV5t0%2BN4dHVPrdDYKENAHHEiIoVw2bXXbjCmndy4%2FwDcHtPlYiAJPav06ju%2B%2BPW2hD0%3D

[BitcoinFX]

Verifying my (old) zero balance wallet address for forum account recovery etc.,

1JXFXUBGs2ZtEDAQMdZ3tkCKo38nT2XSEp

Code:

-----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----
I am not Satoshi Nakamoto. Are you?
42/ is the answer.
Be seeing you at The Restaurant at the End of the Universe?
0.00000000 - BitcoinFX - bitcointalk.org - July 9th, 2018
-----BEGIN SIGNATURE-----
1JXFXUBGs2ZtEDAQMdZ3tkCKo38nT2XSEp
HMoTNpmqieWmcIvF/aMTCZlLqAuYnrWuQJk45S0pXK4pFOAB/j2WBTkA5KEGSpJQTclPL3ehaTSdPpV9Ivq+lC0=
-----END BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----

https://brainwalletx.github.io/#verify?vrAddr=1JXFXUBGs2ZtEDAQMdZ3tkCKo38nT2XSEp&vrMsg=I%20am%20not%20Satoshi%20Nakamoto.%20Are%20you%3F%0A42%2F%20is%20the%20answer.%0ABe%20seeing%20you%20at%20The%20Restaurant%20at%20the%20End%20of%20the%20Universe%3F%0A0.00000000%20-%20BitcoinFX%20-%20bitcointalk.org%20-%20July%209th%2C%202018&vrSig=HMoTNpmqieWmcIvF%2FaMTCZlLqAuYnrWuQJk45S0pXK4pFOAB%2Fj2WBTkA5KEGSpJQTclPL3ehaTSdPpV9Ivq%2BlC0%3D

[InvoKing]

Verifying my (old) zero balance wallet address for forum account recovery etc.,

1JXFXUBGs2ZtEDAQMdZ3tkCKo38nT2XSEp

Code:

-----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----
I am not Satoshi Nakamoto. Are you?
42/ is the answer.
Be seeing you at The Restaurant at the End of the Universe?
0.00000000 - BitcoinFX - bitcointalk.org - July 9th, 2018
-----BEGIN SIGNATURE-----
1JXFXUBGs2ZtEDAQMdZ3tkCKo38nT2XSEp
HMoTNpmqieWmcIvF/aMTCZlLqAuYnrWuQJk45S0pXK4pFOAB/j2WBTkA5KEGSpJQTclPL3ehaTSdPpV9Ivq+lC0=
-----END BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----

https://brainwalletx.github.io/#verify?vrAddr=1JXFXUBGs2ZtEDAQMdZ3tkCKo38nT2XSEp&vrMsg=I%20am%20not%20Satoshi%20Nakamoto.%20Are%20you%3F%0A42%2F%20is%20the%20answer.%0ABe%20seeing%20you%20at%20The%20Restaurant%20at%20the%20End%20of%20the%20Universe%3F%0A0.00000000%20-%20BitcoinFX%20-%20bitcointalk.org%20-%20July%209th%2C%202018&vrSig=HMoTNpmqieWmcIvF%2FaMTCZlLqAuYnrWuQJk45S0pXK4pFOAB%2Fj2WBTkA5KEGSpJQTclPL3ehaTSdPpV9Ivq%2BlC0%3D

I am not Satoshi Nakamoto also. Am I?
See ya there.
Quoted for future reference and verified using http://brainwalletx.github.io/#verify?vrAddr=1JXFXUBGs2ZtEDAQMdZ3tkCKo38nT2XSEp&vrMsg=I%20am%20not%20Satoshi%20Nakamoto.%20Are%20you%3F%0A42%2F%20is%20the%20answer.%0ABe%20seeing%20you%20at%20The%20Restaurant%20at%20the%20End%20of%20the%20Universe%3F%0A0.00000000%20-%20BitcoinFX%20-%20bitcointalk.org%20-%20July%209th%2C%202018&vrSig=HMoTNpmqieWmcIvF%2FaMTCZlLqAuYnrWuQJk45S0pXK4pFOAB%2Fj2WBTkA5KEGSpJQTclPL3ehaTSdPpV9Ivq%2BlC0%3D

[DireWolfM14]

-----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----
@shorena,
Thank you for putting this tutrial together.  It's been very helpful.

Signed - DireWolfM14, July 11 2018
-----BEGIN SIGNATURE-----
157v67atJjnx7Fdi2wmcBBpChugHNmDWup
IHHbJAsxPeui3/InWq/V8dkrk3gp5LefnrdFCOgf2WbSU3f+8AozzDePtEVASSC7o8CCloPyrZrDS6R2aZRidCQ=
-----END BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----

[SuckSeed]

WOW Awesome and Thankyou for this informative tutorial ! Wish that all beginners should have a look at this before investing their time and energy in this ecosystem.

This only for make your account get additional security, if got hacked or lost password no more.

-----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----
@shorena,
Thank you for putting this tutrial together.  It's been very helpful.

Signed - DireWolfM14, July 11 2018
-----BEGIN SIGNATURE-----
157v67atJjnx7Fdi2wmcBBpChugHNmDWup
IHHbJAsxPeui3/InWq/V8dkrk3gp5LefnrdFCOgf2WbSU3f+8AozzDePtEVASSC7o8CCloPyrZrDS6R2aZRidCQ=
-----END BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----

Quoted and verified using brainwallet

[Sigmas55]

Here is an Arabic translation of this thread:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4601976

[Notin2]

Very important thread, thanks to OP.

-----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----
This is Notin2 from bitcointalk.org and Today 22/07/2018 am signing this message to prove ownership of Account.
-----BEGIN SIGNATURE-----
1MBpiQ5SqV96wqiELyydvGQdur1TmBZA1M
H0X0tczbFS7K2LlFJHpwKEKuWubRAhKthTQIdcpRkCxbZ7mxJ20xNz+PfD69g3S3xnI2VkaWXHr3A1nWQbFBb/s=
-----END BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----

[InvoKing]

Very important thread, thanks to OP.

-----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----
This is Notin2 from bitcointalk.org and Today 22/07/2018 am signing this message to prove ownership of Account.
-----BEGIN SIGNATURE-----
1MBpiQ5SqV96wqiELyydvGQdur1TmBZA1M
H0X0tczbFS7K2LlFJHpwKEKuWubRAhKthTQIdcpRkCxbZ7mxJ20xNz+PfD69g3S3xnI2VkaWXHr3A1nWQbFBb/s=
-----END BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----

Quoting the bitcoin address only since i could not verify the message with brainwalletx.github.io.
Please verify your text.

[HiDevin]

Someone quote and verify this for me?

-----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hi, This is HiDevin on BTCTalk and it's 8/2/18
-----BEGIN SIGNATURE-----
1KoFPRMnegmvGCPef1YNienLh1wy71UmRc
IGjLVlWHKaQaClF4+HWnt0t9xK1Mb54iz/hUv33shY11DvxuRqcnZXbanaZPUNcMtdPz9/I+inlsly7O5fDFXfU=
-----END BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----

[Kay28]

Thanks alot for explaination on how to sign a message with our bitcoin address.As i also did not know how to do that before.I always wondered when i read in different topics about that,things like escrow,signing message.So thanks for giving time to it and explaining it through out with images of each step,made it easier