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.
Argument #1 - address
Type: string, required
The bitgesell address to use for the private key.
Argument #2 - message
Type: string, required
The message to create a signature of.
Result
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| str | string | The signature of the message encoded in base 64 |
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": "signmessage", "params":
["1D1ZrZNe3JUo7ZycKEYQQiQAWd9y54F4XX", "my message"]}' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:8334/