Verify Signature in JS Console

Asked Sep 02 '17 at 00:17

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In the geth console:

eth.sign(eth.accounts[0],web3.sha3('yesyesyall'))

Returns: "0x6df4a058e304c2e42032e6b812e268f4d4d4006698f41a2345ed88a161b00e52176b333fb5945dc02e860a4e9c29351eccba19316a82bf86530b977d4629efcf1c"

How do I verify that was signed by eth.accounts[0]? Everything I see online mentions contracts.

asked Sep 02 '17 at 00:17

Justin Thomas

nah, I didn't know ecrecover existed. I'm asking for a function like eth.verify('0x6df....', public_key) – Justin Thomas Sep 02 '17 at 22:43
You can use a library for Elliptic Curve Cryptography computations like elliptic or secp256k1 to verify the message. But you will be doing the same computation that ecrecover is doing. – Ismael Sep 03 '17 at 21:18

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