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title: Message Verification and Signing
description: Bitcoin Message Verification and Signing.
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# Message Verification and Signing # Message Verification and Signing
Bitcore implementation of [bitcoin message signing and verification](http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/3337/what-are-the-safety-guidelines-for-using-the-sign-message-feature/3339#3339). This is used to cryptographically prove that a certain message was signed by the holder of an address private key.
## Description
Bitcore implementation of [bitcoin message signing and verification]
(http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/3337/what-are-the-safety-guidelines-for-using-the-sign-message-feature/3339#3339).
This is used to cryptographically prove that a certain message was signed by the holder of an address private key.
For more information refer to the [bitcore-message](https://github.com/bitpay/bitcore-message) github repo. For more information refer to the [bitcore-message](https://github.com/bitpay/bitcore-message) github repo.
## Installation ## Installation
Message Verification and Signing is implemented as a separate module and you must add it to your dependencies: Message Verification and Signing is implemented as a separate module and you must add it to your dependencies:
For node projects: For node projects:
```bash ```bash
npm install bitcore-message --save npm install bitcore-message --save
``` ```
For client-side projects: For client-side projects:
```bash ```bash
bower install bitcore-message --save bower install bitcore-message --save
``` ```
## Example ## Example
To sign a message: To sign a message:
```javascript ```javascript