// Copyright (c) 2014 Conformal Systems LLC. // Use of this source code is governed by an ISC // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. package btcec_test import ( "encoding/hex" "fmt" "github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec" "github.com/btcsuite/btcd/wire" ) // This example demonstrates signing a message with a secp256k1 private key that // is first parsed form raw bytes and serializing the generated signature. func Example_signMessage() { // Decode a hex-encoded private key. pkBytes, err := hex.DecodeString("22a47fa09a223f2aa079edf85a7c2d4f87" + "20ee63e502ee2869afab7de234b80c") if err != nil { fmt.Println(err) return } privKey, pubKey := btcec.PrivKeyFromBytes(btcec.S256(), pkBytes) // Sign a message using the private key. message := "test message" messageHash := wire.DoubleSha256([]byte(message)) signature, err := privKey.Sign(messageHash) if err != nil { fmt.Println(err) return } // Serialize and display the signature. // // NOTE: This is commented out for the example since the signature // produced uses random numbers and therefore will always be different. //fmt.Printf("Serialized Signature: %x\n", signature.Serialize()) // Verify the signature for the message using the public key. verified := signature.Verify(messageHash, pubKey) fmt.Printf("Signature Verified? %v\n", verified) // Output: // Signature Verified? true } // This example demonstrates verifying a secp256k1 signature against a public // key that is first parsed from raw bytes. The signature is also parsed from // raw bytes. func Example_verifySignature() { // Decode hex-encoded serialized public key. pubKeyBytes, err := hex.DecodeString("02a673638cb9587cb68ea08dbef685c" + "6f2d2a751a8b3c6f2a7e9a4999e6e4bfaf5") if err != nil { fmt.Println(err) return } pubKey, err := btcec.ParsePubKey(pubKeyBytes, btcec.S256()) if err != nil { fmt.Println(err) return } // Decode hex-encoded serialized signature. sigBytes, err := hex.DecodeString("30450220090ebfb3690a0ff115bb1b38b" + "8b323a667b7653454f1bccb06d4bbdca42c2079022100ec95778b51e707" + "1cb1205f8bde9af6592fc978b0452dafe599481c46d6b2e479") if err != nil { fmt.Println(err) return } signature, err := btcec.ParseSignature(sigBytes, btcec.S256()) if err != nil { fmt.Println(err) return } // Verify the signature for the message using the public key. message := "test message" messageHash := wire.DoubleSha256([]byte(message)) verified := signature.Verify(messageHash, pubKey) fmt.Println("Signature Verified?", verified) // Output: // Signature Verified? true }