Can someone tell he how to manually sign a message in a wallet. Also is there an api that I can use for my app that lets me verify the signed message?
Thanks!
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Would you like to sign a custom message (some text for example) or would you like to sign a transaction?
I’d like to sign a message to prove I own the wallet. Not a tx
Do they have support?
Any ideas??? I can do this with counterparty on Bitcoin, but I want to create on waves. Not only am i looking for a way to sign, but also an easy way to verify the signature is correct, like a Rest API.
It actually exists on the node API:
- sign: https://nodes.wavesnodes.com/api-docs/index.html#!/utils/sign_2
- verify: https://nodes.wavesnodes.com/api-docs/index.html#!/addresses/verifyText
Be careful, signing a message on a node which is not yours is VERY insecure.
Yeah looks like you have to give your private key (no way). I was hoping for something in waves wallet, or in waves keeper that allows it manually. I’d like to make a game where people can prove ownership of wallet and assets in it without forking over private key.
Sorry if I sound like too much of a noob but doesn’t this only work through browser type stuff? If I’m making a standalone game and I ask someone to sign a message through waves wallet, where do I go?
Yes I’m learning but still have a ways to go. I still think waves should have a way to manually sign a message. I do this with Bitcoin and XCP all the time, but I want to make waves work with my games.
if you click settings you have option to sign message. Pretty easy.
This way exists. Not in a single but many ways actually.
Ok please tell me which waves wallet can I go to, click on sign message, enter some arbitrary data and get a signature response.
@tatiana why there is no sign a custom message option in waves wallet?
Sounds like a nice advanced feature to have. Especially for lazy developers ;)
If you are making a standalone game, you can use the standalone Waves Wallet. Auth API works with standalone as well as with web https://docs.wavesplatform.com/en/waves-api-and-sdk/client-api/auth-api.html
This has already been done in the desktop wallet 
Requesting a feature that’s in most crypto wallets doesn’t make me lazy. Maybe you are new and don’t realize this has always been a feature ?
@tatiana thanks for your help I’ll just stop asking. I will try to integrate the API. Being able to go into wallet, paste arbitrary data and receive signature should also be available . I’ve done it a million times with counterparty and Bitcoin. Very basic !
