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verifymessage

verifymessage "smileycoinaddress" "signature" "message"

Description

Verify a signed message

Arguments

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

2. "signature" (string, required)
   The signature provided by the signer in base 64 encoding (see signmessage).

3. "message" (string, required)
   The message that was signed.

Result

true|false  (boolean) If the signature is verified or not.

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": "verifymessage", "params": ["1D1ZrZNe3JUo7ZycKEYQQiQAWd9y54F4XZ", "signature", "my message"] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:9332/