Topic: Stake your Bitcoin address here (Read 1463245 times)

You mean segwit version 0 will be obsolete soon? But it is still the most used address and also recommended by some wallets for lowest fee. Even if not recommended, it remain the default. Also what albert0bsd meant is that the message signing is not exactly signing message with bitcoin address but with bitcoin private key which can generate all types of the addresses.

You mean increasing block size and reducing transaction fee. For lower transaction fee, segwit version 0 (segwit) is comparable with segwit version 1 (pay-to-taproot). P2TR has lowest consolidation fee and also if the inputs are getting more. But segwit version 0 has the lowest fee if the outputs are more or if the inputs and outputs are the same. The output virtual size for version 0 is lower while the input virtual size for taproot is lower.

The reason we thought taproot was created which will significantly reduce transaction fee is in multisig, by requiring just a single signature for transactions, just like in singlesig wallets, and also having just one public key required in fee as both signature and public key will combine into one for making transaction despite that there are more keys and signature required for the transaction. But as of today, I was unable to see any wallet have that feature. The known multisigs are still legacy what its addresses start from 3 and segwit P2WSH that its addresses start from bc1.

Because segwit is just a segway to taproot, and will be obsolete soon.  Plus, no matter how much you like signing messages with bitcoin addresses, that's not their primary purpose.  Bitcoin as a message signing tool lacks significant features, and isn't as practical as GPG.  Bitcoin development is focused (as it should be) on reducing block size and transaction fees, not trying to recreate GPG.

Yes exactly, and that is my whole point, why the signatures for segwit isn't an standard yet, regardless its trivial to extended the current standard to check them, a lot of wallets support it, just the "standard" title is missing.

I know this topic is just to stake address along their signatures. Sorry to divert the topic I just want to point this. Thank you!

Although it is actually because both addresses are generated from the same private key which is required for the signature. The private key generates the public key which still makes you correct, but it is private key that is important about it.

Well, I really don't know why the signatures of a Segwit addreses is not yet an Standard

I want to try to make an example of something curious, a signature that is valid for both address P2PKH (Legacy) and P2WPKH (Segwit)

I am going to use my staked address here:


The public key of that wallet is


The RMD160 Hash for that public key is 912f89771b0e0a141dd981d5fb2c83961d6ac1ac

So in this page we can calculate the address https://learnmeabitcoin.com/technical/script/p2pkh/



The P2PKH address for that public key 1EEfvk3usipJwrvekE12cESXWDrCZWgv3S

You also can calculate the Segwit address on this page: https://learnmeabitcoin.com/technical/script/p2wpkh/



Now the signatures, if you make a signature that is valid for Legacy addresses ( Compressed P2PKH)


Now please look a at the signature


If you replace the address with the Segwit : bc1qjyhcjacmpc9pg8wes82lktyrjcwk4sdvqtm7ky

The same signature data is also valid for the segwith P2WPKH address:


Check by yourself:

address message signature
Obvious because both address are generated from the same public key.



This usually don't happen in the other way, because the Electrum standard use another encode byte that is not compatible for the Legacy Signature Chekers

Bitcoin Core still can't sign a message from a Segwit address. As far as I know, Electrum made-up their own "standard" for signing.

There are many bitcoin wallet that has the feature. Bitcoin Core (a full client wallet), Sparrow, Bluewallet, Blockstream Green, Unstoppable few other wallets, including some close source wallets which I will not mention.

If you are looking for a good bitcoin wallet, Trustwallet is not among. Coinomi can sign bitcoin message. I knew this since 2020 that I used the wallet until I came to this forum to know the difference between open source and close source wallets.

Well, not just any other software app but a very few and limited ones, though electrum seems to be the most popular amongst bitcoin wallet software through which signing a message using one's bitcoin address is possible, it is also possible to achieve the same result with mycelluim wallet, in fact, I did mine with mycelluim wallet and it's the only bitcoin wallet software I make us of till date.

Coming back to software apps with the sign message functionality, I say it's limited because, wallets softwares like Trust wallet doesn't have such a feature even though there is provision for bitcoin, coinomi also doesn't have such feature except they have upgraded, been years I used this software last, plus a host of others I can't start mentioning.

Signature verified.

Please someone verify thanks.

On desktop Electrum, he can click on tools -> sign/verify message. Then he can input the message and the address he wants to use and click on verify.

On mobile Electrum, he can click on his wallet name -> sign/verify message.

You just need to sign a message (which includes your username / date) with a BTC address, you can do it with Electrum or any other software, someone here will verify it for you. There are several threads on the forum that explain how to do if you don't know yet.

I have to do it too, let's see if I can organize myself
do you use electrum?

Quoted and verified.

quoted and verified

pls if someone can verify


address bc1qrt735jppkrtmwjl85gzskl464j5wftzujel2ug

signature

Verified.

Anyone please verify:

Message:
Address:
Signature:

Thanks in advance

Verification successful