bx message validate

Validate a message signature.

$ bx message-validate --help

Usage: bx message-validate [-h] [--config VALUE] BITCOIN_ADDRESS         
SIGNATURE [MESSAGE]                                                      

Info: Validate a message signature.                                      

Options (named):

-c [--config]        The path to the configuration settings file.        
-h [--help]          Get a description and instructions for this command.

Arguments (positional):

BITCOIN_ADDRESS      The Bitcoin address of the message signer.          
SIGNATURE            The message signature.                              
MESSAGE              The binary message data for which the signature     
                     applies. If not specified the message is read from  
                     STDIN.

See also message-sign.

Example 1

$ bx message-validate 1BCyH5qVL5EkfhQnw4WmqfDDekJefKYEYj INjouW95WM+sbzZ5z2rN/DBDpDwNuEWJ2xQqA+G3zm3MRDFUNPwImCSSX3dHQscxic0id+cxxiQjxEoRTDAuaPU= "Let us speak no more of faith in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of cryptography."

The signature is valid.