Electrum can't verify a signed message

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Quote from: CMMPro on June 20, 2013, 07:20:56 PM

I didn't realize that the original message needed to be entered into the message box when the address and signature were entered to "verify" the message.

I wrongly assumed that the message would somehow be decrypted and then fill the message box.

Nothing to really fix there....I just didn't know what I was doing. Sad

I don't mean this as an insult to your excellent work at all, I mean this as a humble suggestion for continuous improvement...perhaps a detailed step by step in the software manual(?)

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I didn't realize that the original message needed to be entered into the message box when the address and signature were entered to "verify" the message.

I wrongly assumed that the message would somehow be decrypted and then fill the message box.

Nothing to really fix there....I just didn't know what I was doing. Sad

I don't mean this as an insult to your excellent work at all, I mean this as a humble suggestion for continuous improvement...perhaps a detailed step by step in the software manual(?)

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Quote from: CMMPro on June 19, 2013, 05:31:23 AM

Problem solved...I wasn't doing it right.

well, if you could explain what exactly you misunderstood, or what caused you to do it wrong, then we might have a chance to impove things.

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Quote from: CMMPro on June 19, 2013, 05:31:23 AM

Problem solved...I wasn't doing it right.

I am writing this will all respect.

Problem was not solved. Problem did not exist.

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Problem solved...I wasn't doing it right.

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Quote from: ThomasV on June 03, 2013, 07:36:07 AM

Quote from: CMMPro on June 02, 2013, 02:09:57 PM

Not in the portable version it isn't...I just tried to do this yesterday.

It doesn't seem to sign properly.

can you provide a proper description of what you did and what happened?

Hello Thomas,

Sorry I took so long getting back on this.
I purchased a product from someone and they asked me to sign a msg from the account I used to send the funds.

So I went to the account number I used to send the funds from and right clicked to "Send message"....typed my message in the "Message" box and clicked to "Sign"....it creates a signature.

I sent it to the person and it was unreadable...so I used the same dialog to try to "Verify" my message, I enter the address and the signature and click "Verify" and it produces an error box that says "wrong signature".

Thanks for your assistance,
-Jeff aka CMMPro

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is the mac version also suffering from this bug?

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Quote from: CMMPro on June 02, 2013, 02:09:57 PM

Not in the portable version it isn't...I just tried to do this yesterday.

It doesn't seem to sign properly.

can you provide a proper description of what you did and what happened?

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Not in the portable version it isn't...I just tried to do this yesterday.

It doesn't seem to sign properly.

I haven't tried in 1.8.0 yet.

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Quote from: CMMPro on May 31, 2013, 04:55:08 PM

Thanks for the patience....your gracious response is much appreciated...somehow I got here by search and my reply about the 1.7.4 upgrade went here by accident. Have a terrific day.

I'm also interested in a fix for the signature issue as I have a group buy I need to sign a payment for.

Message signing and verification is working just fine in 1.7.4

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Thanks for the patience....your gracious response is much appreciated...somehow I got here by search and my reply about the 1.7.4 upgrade went here by accident. Have a terrific day.

I'm also interested in a fix for the signature issue as I have a group buy I need to sign a payment for.

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Quote from: CMMPro on May 14, 2013, 04:21:10 PM

Hello ThomasV, I love using Electrum, thanks for this.

Is there an upgrade instruction for people using portable version?
Do I just install into a new folder and copy my dat file over?

I am trying to be respectful here...... I am waiting for a response to this thread because I desperately need this feature, so please LEARN HOW TO USE A FRIGGIN FORUM and post on a related on topic thread! You idiot!

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Hello ThomasV, I love using Electrum, thanks for this.

Is there an upgrade instruction for people using portable version?
Do I just install into a new folder and copy my dat file over?

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Quote from: PassiTheApe on May 14, 2013, 03:32:23 PM

I just downloaded the wallet as .exe from http://electrum.org/ and I get the same error...any solutions? Wink

I released version 1.7.4.
please wait for the binaries

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I just downloaded the wallet as .exe from http://electrum.org/ and I get the same error...any solutions? Wink

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Quote from: ThomasV on May 01, 2013, 05:39:09 AM

this is fixed in git. please wait for the next release

<3, desperately needed this

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this is fixed in git. please wait for the next release

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This is all I get when I try to verify a signature:

Wallet instance has no attribute 'verify_message'

Any way this can be fixed? Signatures are important in my opinion.

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