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lightning-signmessage -- Command to create a signature from this node
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SYNOPSIS
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**signmessage** *message*
DESCRIPTION
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The **signmessage** RPC command creates a digital signature of
*message* using this node's secret key. A receiver who knows your
node's *id* and the *message* can be sure that the resulting signature could
only be created by something with access to this node's secret key.
*message* must be less that 65536 characters.
RETURN VALUE
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On success, an object is returned, containing:
- **signature** (hex): The signature (always 128 characters)
- **recid** (hex): The recovery id (0, 1, 2 or 3) (always 2 characters)
- **zbase** (string): *signature* and *recid* encoded in a style compatible with **lnd**'s [SignMessageRequest](https://api.lightning.community/#grpc-request-signmessagerequest)
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AUTHOR
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Rusty Russell <<rusty@rustcorp.com.au>> is mainly responsible.
SEE ALSO
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lightning-checkmessage(7)
RESOURCES
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Main web site: <https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning>
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