lightning-checkmessage -- Command to check if a signature is from a node ===================================================================== SYNOPSIS -------- **checkmessage** *message* *zbase* [*pubkey*] DESCRIPTION ----------- The **checkmessage** RPC command is the counterpart to **signmessage**: given a node id (*pubkey*), signature (*zbase*) and a *message*, 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 *pubkey* is not specified, we will try every known node key (as per *listnodes*), 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. RETURN VALUE ------------ [comment]: # (GENERATE-FROM-SCHEMA-START) On success, an object is returned, containing: - **verified** (boolean): Whether the signature was valid If **verified** is *true*: - **pubkey** (pubkey): the *pubkey* parameter, or the pubkey found by looking for known nodes If **verified** is *false*: - **pubkey** (pubkey): the *pubkey* (if any) which could have signed this; this is usually not useful! [comment]: # (GENERATE-FROM-SCHEMA-END) AUTHOR ------ Rusty Russell <> is mainly responsible. SEE ALSO -------- lightning-signmessage(7) RESOURCES --------- Main web site: [comment]: # ( SHA256STAMP:6df0e61e28118786861aacc073e3289268fe1b00837c3fd02a537aa13e5acae5)