signmessage.cpp

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// Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
// Copyright (c) 2009-2022 The Bitcoin Core developers
// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
#include <common/signmessage.h>
#include <hash.h>
#include <key.h>
#include <key_io.h>
#include <pubkey.h>
#include <uint256.h>
#include <util/strencodings.h>
 
#include <cassert>
#include <optional>
#include <string>
#include <variant>
#include <vector>
 
const std::string MESSAGE_MAGIC = "Bitcoin Signed Message:\n";
 
MessageVerificationResult MessageVerify(
    const std::string& address,
    const std::string& signature,
    const std::string& message)
{
    CTxDestination destination = DecodeDestination(address);
    if (!IsValidDestination(destination)) {
        return MessageVerificationResult::ERR_INVALID_ADDRESS;
    }
 
    if (std::get_if<PKHash>(&destination) == nullptr) {
        return MessageVerificationResult::ERR_ADDRESS_NO_KEY;
    }
 
    auto signature_bytes = DecodeBase64(signature);
    if (!signature_bytes) {
        return MessageVerificationResult::ERR_MALFORMED_SIGNATURE;
    }
 
    CPubKey pubkey;
    if (!pubkey.RecoverCompact(MessageHash(message), *signature_bytes)) {
        return MessageVerificationResult::ERR_PUBKEY_NOT_RECOVERED;
    }
 
    if (!(PKHash(pubkey) == *std::get_if<PKHash>(&destination))) {
        return MessageVerificationResult::ERR_NOT_SIGNED;
    }
 
    return MessageVerificationResult::OK;
}
 
bool MessageSign(
    const CKey& privkey,
    const std::string& message,
    std::string& signature)
{
    std::vector<unsigned char> signature_bytes;
 
    if (!privkey.SignCompact(MessageHash(message), signature_bytes)) {
        return false;
    }
 
    signature = EncodeBase64(signature_bytes);
 
    return true;
}
 
uint256 MessageHash(const std::string& message)
{
    HashWriter hasher{};
    hasher << MESSAGE_MAGIC << message;
 
    return hasher.GetHash();
}
 
std::string SigningResultString(const SigningResult res)
{
    switch (res) {
        case SigningResult::OK:
            return "No error";
        case SigningResult::PRIVATE_KEY_NOT_AVAILABLE:
            return "Private key not available";
        case SigningResult::SIGNING_FAILED:
            return "Sign failed";
        // no default case, so the compiler can warn about missing cases
    }
    assert(false);
}