verifymessage
verifymessage "address" "signature" "message"
Verify a signed message
Argument #1 - address
Type: string, required
The bitgesell address to use for the signature.
Argument #2 - signature
Type: string, required
The signature provided by the signer in base 64 encoding (see signmessage).
Argument #3 - message
Type: string, required
The message that was signed.
Result
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| true|false | boolean | If the signature is verified or not. |
Example usage (with RPC call)
Unlock the wallet for 30 seconds:
BGL-cli walletpassphrase "mypassphrase" 30
Create the signature:
BGL-cli signmessage "1D1ZrZNe3JUo7ZycKEYQQiQAWd9y54F4XX" "my message"
Verify the signature:
BGL-cli verifymessage "1D1ZrZNe3JUo7ZycKEYQQiQAWd9y54F4XX" "signature" "my message"
As a JSON-RPC call:
curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id": "curltest", "method": "verifymessage", "params": ["1D1ZrZNe3JUo7ZycKEYQQiQAWd9y54F4XX", "signature", "my message"]}' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:8334/