The verifymessage is a Litecoin RPC method that allows users to verify a signed message using a Litecoin address. This method can be used to confirm the authenticity of a message by verifying that the signature was created by the owner of the address, without revealing the private key. Use cases include proving ownership of an address, verifying the content of a message, or validating communications within a trustless system.

Parameters

The verifymessage method accepts three required parameters:

parameter	type	description
address	string	The Litecoin address that supposedly signed the message.
signature	string	The base64-encoded signature of the message.
message	string	The message that was signed.

Return Object

The verifymessage method returns a single boolean value:

name	description
isvalid	Indicates if the signature is valid for the given message and address.

Request Example

Request

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