diff --git a/app/controllers/messages.js b/app/controllers/messages.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5c2fbfc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/messages.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var common = require('./common');
+var Rpc = require('../../lib/Rpc');
+
+
+exports.verify = function(req, res) {
+  var address = req.param('address'),
+      signature = req.param('signature'),
+      message = req.param('message');
+
+  if(typeof(address) == 'undefined'
+        || typeof(signature) == 'undefined'
+        || typeof(message) == 'undefined') {
+    return common.handleErrors({
+      message: 'Missing parameters (expected "address", "signature" and "message")',
+      code: 1
+    }, res);
+  }
+
+  Rpc.verifyMessage(address, signature, message, function(err, result) {
+    if (err) {
+      return common.handleErrors(err, res);
+    }
+    res.json({'result' : result});
+  });
+};
diff --git a/app/controllers/transactions.js b/app/controllers/transactions.js
index d8090696..ed01c329 100644
--- a/app/controllers/transactions.js
+++ b/app/controllers/transactions.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 var Address     = require('../models/Address');
 var async       = require('async');
 var common      = require('./common');
+var util        = require('util');
 
 var Rpc           = require('../../lib/Rpc');
 
@@ -14,7 +15,21 @@ var bdb = require('../../lib/BlockDb').default();
 
 exports.send = function(req, res) {
   Rpc.sendRawTransaction(req.body.rawtx, function(err, txid) {
-    if (err) return common.handleErrors(err, res);
+    if (err) {
+      var message;
+      if(err.code == -25) {
+        message = util.format(
+          'Generic error %s (code %s)',
+          err.message, err.code);
+      } else if(err.code == -26) {
+        message = util.format(
+          'Transaction rejected by network (code %s). Reason: %s',
+          err.code, err.message);
+      } else {
+        message = util.format('%s (code %s)', err.message, err.code);
+      }
+      return res.status(400).send(message);
+    }
     res.json({'txid' : txid});
   });
 };
diff --git a/config/routes.js b/config/routes.js
index 36efa238..c99ed8e2 100644
--- a/config/routes.js
+++ b/config/routes.js
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ module.exports = function(app) {
     app.get(apiPrefix + '/email/validate', emailPlugin.validate);
   }
 
+  // Address routes
+  var messages = require('../app/controllers/messages');
+  app.get(apiPrefix + '/messages/verify', messages.verify);
+  app.post(apiPrefix + '/messages/verify', messages.verify);
+
   //Home route
   var index = require('../app/controllers/index');
   app.get(apiPrefix + '/version', index.version);
diff --git a/lib/Rpc.js b/lib/Rpc.js
index a71c3969..bcf8d329 100644
--- a/lib/Rpc.js
+++ b/lib/Rpc.js
@@ -97,15 +97,25 @@ Rpc.getBlock = function(hash, cb) {
 };
 
 Rpc.sendRawTransaction = function(rawtx, cb) {
-  var self = this;
   bitcoreRpc.sendRawTransaction(rawtx, function(err, txid) {
-    if (err && err.code === -5) return cb(err); // transaction already in block chain
-    if (err) return cb(self.errMsg(err));
+    if (err) return cb(err);
 
     return cb(err, txid.result);
   });
 };
 
+Rpc.verifyMessage = function(address, signature, message, cb) {
+  var self = this;
+  bitcoreRpc.verifyMessage(address, signature, message, function(err, message) {
+    if (err && (err.code === -3 || err.code === -5))
+      return cb(err);  // -3 = invalid address, -5 = malformed base64 / etc.
+    if (err)
+      return cb(self.errMsg(err));
+
+    return cb(err, message.result);
+  });
+};
+
 module.exports = require('soop')(Rpc);
 
 
diff --git a/test/integration/messages.js b/test/integration/messages.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d51ccbaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/messages.js
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+'use strict';
+
+process.env.NODE_ENV = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'development';
+
+var assert = require('assert'),
+    config = require('../../config/config'),
+    messages = require('../../app/controllers/messages'),
+    correctMessage = 'test2',
+    correctAddress,
+    correctSignature;
+
+if(config.network === 'livenet') {
+  correctAddress = '16Q7eRty2LrpAWvP3VTtaXXCMZj2v4xm57',
+  correctSignature = 'HERpcxkyOezkBPPwvUUAaxYXR/9X/8eyVjp8WKGYl7Aw8'
+                     + 'pMsiMXDWXf8G1t/SOUEWy94I+KA/SrBKYs2LfIHA0Q=';
+} else {
+  correctAddress = 'mhtJo5nZLcreM5Arrf8EDABpCevp2MfmCW',
+  correctSignature = 'G/y2UhjZ4qBPLQGmOhl/4p/EIwTHIO1iq95kPxDk9RjYr'
+                     + '1JKL6dsCSuhXat7VLTGwAM3PdgRh/jwGxi6x6dNeSE=';
+}
+
+function createMockReq(body) {
+  // create a simplified mock of express' request object, suitable for the
+  // needs of test cases in this file
+  return  {
+    body: body,
+    param: function(name) {
+      return this.body[name];
+    }
+  };
+}
+
+describe('messages.verify', function() {
+
+  it('should return true with correct message', function(done) {
+    var mockReq = createMockReq({
+      address: correctAddress,
+      signature: correctSignature,
+      message: correctMessage
+    });
+    var mockRes = {
+      json: function(data) {
+        assert.deepEqual(data, {
+          result: true,
+        });
+        done();
+      }
+    };
+    messages.verify(mockReq, mockRes);
+  });
+
+  it('should return false with incorrect message', function(done) {
+    var mockReq = createMockReq({
+      address: correctAddress,
+      signature: correctSignature,
+      message: 'NOPE'
+    });
+    var mockRes = {
+      json: function(data) {
+        assert.deepEqual(data, {
+          result: false,
+        });
+        done();
+      }
+    };
+
+    messages.verify(mockReq, mockRes);
+  });
+
+  it('should return error with incorrect parameters', function(done) {
+    var mockReq = createMockReq({
+      address: correctAddress,
+      message: correctMessage
+    });
+    var mockRes = {
+      status: function(code) {
+        assert.equal(code, 400);
+        return this;
+      },
+      send: function(data) {
+        assert.ok(data.match(/^Missing parameters/),
+                             "Match not found, got '" + data + "' instead")
+        done();
+      }
+    };
+    messages.verify(mockReq, mockRes);
+  });
+
+});