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signmessage

signmessage "smileycoinaddress" "message"

Description

Sign a message with the private key of an address

Arguments

1. "smileycoinaddress" (string, required)
   The smileycoin address to use for the private key.

2. "message" (string, required)
   The message to create a signature of.

Result

"signature" (string) The signature of the message encoded in base 64

Examples

Unlock the wallet for 30 seconds

• smileycoin-cli walletpassphrase "mypassphrase" 30

Create the signature

• smileycoin-cli signmessage "1D1ZrZNe3JUo7ZycKEYQQiQAWd9y54F4XZ" "my message"

Verify the signature

• smileycoin-cli verifymessage "1D1ZrZNe3JUo7ZycKEYQQiQAWd9y54F4XZ" "signature" "my message"

As json rpc

• curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "signmessage", "params": ["1D1ZrZNe3JUo7ZycKEYQQiQAWd9y54F4XZ", "my message"] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:9332/