Create signmessagewithprivkey rpc

New rpc 'signmessagewithprivkey' which takes a private key to sign a message without using the wallet.
bitcoin · Apr 27, 2016 · f90efbf · f90efbf
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commit f90efbf
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diff --git a/src/rpc/misc.cpp b/src/rpc/misc.cpp
@@ -366,6 +366,48 @@ UniValue verifymessage(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
     return (pubkey.GetID() == keyID);
 }
 
+UniValue signmessagewithprivkey(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
+{
+    if (fHelp || params.size() != 2)
+        throw runtime_error(
+            "signmessagewithprivkey \"privkey\" \"message\"\n"
+            "\nSign a message with the private key of an address\n"
+            "\nArguments:\n"
+            "1. \"privkey\"         (string, required) The private key to sign the message with.\n"
+            "2. \"message\"         (string, required) The message to create a signature of.\n"
+            "\nResult:\n"
+            "\"signature\"          (string) The signature of the message encoded in base 64\n"
+            "\nExamples:\n"
+            "\nCreate the signature\n"
+            + HelpExampleCli("signmessagewithprivkey", "\"privkey\" \"my message\"") +
+            "\nVerify the signature\n"
+            + HelpExampleCli("verifymessage", "\"1D1ZrZNe3JUo7ZycKEYQQiQAWd9y54F4XZ\" \"signature\" \"my message\"") +
+            "\nAs json rpc\n"
+            + HelpExampleRpc("signmessagewithprivkey", "\"privkey\", \"my message\"")
+        );
+
+    string strPrivkey = params[0].get_str();
+    string strMessage = params[1].get_str();
+
+    CBitcoinSecret vchSecret;
+    bool fGood = vchSecret.SetString(strPrivkey);
+    if (!fGood)
+        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, "Invalid private key");
+    CKey key = vchSecret.GetKey();
+    if (!key.IsValid())
+        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, "Private key outside allowed range");
+
+    CHashWriter ss(SER_GETHASH, 0);
+    ss << strMessageMagic;
+    ss << strMessage;
+
+    vector<unsigned char> vchSig;
+    if (!key.SignCompact(ss.GetHash(), vchSig))
+        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, "Sign failed");
+
+    return EncodeBase64(&vchSig[0], vchSig.size());
+}
+
 UniValue setmocktime(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
 {
     if (fHelp || params.size() != 1)
@@ -404,6 +446,7 @@ static const CRPCCommand commands[] =
     { "util",               "validateaddress",        &validateaddress,        true  }, /* uses wallet if enabled */
     { "util",               "createmultisig",         &createmultisig,         true  },
     { "util",               "verifymessage",          &verifymessage,          true  },
+    { "util",               "signmessagewithprivkey", &signmessagewithprivkey, true  },
 
     /* Not shown in help */
     { "hidden",             "setmocktime",            &setmocktime,            true  },