core-lightning/doc/lightning-checkmessage.7
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Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
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.TH "LIGHTNING-CHECKMESSAGE" "7" "" "" "lightning-checkmessage"
.SH NAME
lightning-checkmessage - Command to check if a signature is from a node
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBcheckmessage\fR \fImessage\fR \fIzbase\fR [\fIpubkey\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fBcheckmessage\fR RPC command is the counterpart to
\fBsignmessage\fR: given a node id (\fIpubkey\fR), signature (\fIzbase\fR) and a
\fImessage\fR, it verifies that the signature was generated by that node
for that message (more technically: by someone who knows that node's
secret)\.
As a special case, if \fIpubkey\fR is not specified, we will try every
known node key (as per \fIlistnodes\fR), and verification succeeds if it
matches for any one of them\. Note: this is implemented far more
efficiently than trying each one, so performance is not a concern\.
.SH RETURN VALUE
On success, an object is returned, containing:
.RS
.IP \[bu]
\fBverified\fR (boolean): Whether the signature was valid
.RE
If \fBverified\fR is \fItrue\fR:
.RS
.IP \[bu]
\fBpubkey\fR (pubkey): the \fIpubkey\fR parameter, or the pubkey found by looking for known nodes
.RE
If \fBverified\fR is \fIfalse\fR:
.RS
.IP \[bu]
\fBpubkey\fR (pubkey): the \fIpubkey\fR (if any) which could have signed this; this is usually not useful!
.RE
.SH AUTHOR
Rusty Russell \fI<rusty@rustcorp.com.au\fR> is mainly responsible\.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBlightning-signmessage\fR(7)
.SH RESOURCES
Main web site: \fIhttps://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning\fR
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