signmessage¶
signmessage "address" "message"
Sign a message with the private key of an address Requires wallet passphrase to be set with walletpassphrase call if wallet is encrypted.
Result¶
Name |
Type |
Description |
---|---|---|
str |
string |
The signature of the message encoded in base 64 |
Examples¶
Unlock the wallet for 30 seconds:
bdtcoin-cli walletpassphrase "mypassphrase" 30
Create the signature:
bdtcoin-cli signmessage "bVVfsqKBFYVyRyo9oEwhLQynxiS4gyn6Zu" "my message"
Verify the signature:
bdtcoin-cli verifymessage "bVVfsqKBFYVyRyo9oEwhLQynxiS4gyn6Zu" "signature" "my message"
As a JSON-RPC call:
curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id": "curltest", "method": "signmessage", "params": ["bVVfsqKBFYVyRyo9oEwhLQynxiS4gyn6Zu", "my message"]}' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:7397/