// This example demonstrates verifying a secp256k1 signature against a public
// key that is first parsed from raw bytes. The signature is also parsed from
// raw bytes.
func Example_verifySignature() {
// Decode hex-encoded serialized public key.
pubKeyBytes, err := hex.DecodeString("02a673638cb9587cb68ea08dbef685c" +
"6f2d2a751a8b3c6f2a7e9a4999e6e4bfaf5")
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
return
}
pubKey, err := btcec.ParsePubKey(pubKeyBytes, btcec.S256())
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
return
}
// Decode hex-encoded serialized signature.
sigBytes, err := hex.DecodeString("30450220090ebfb3690a0ff115bb1b38b" +
"8b323a667b7653454f1bccb06d4bbdca42c2079022100ec95778b51e707" +
"1cb1205f8bde9af6592fc978b0452dafe599481c46d6b2e479")
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
return
}
signature, err := btcec.ParseSignature(sigBytes, btcec.S256())
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
return
}
// Verify the signature for the message using the public key.
message := "test message"
messageHash := wire.DoubleSha256([]byte(message))
verified := signature.Verify(messageHash, pubKey)
fmt.Println("Signature Verified?", verified)
// Output:
// Signature Verified? true
}
func TestSignatures(t *testing.T) {
for _, test := range signatureTests {
var err error
if test.der {
_, err = btcec.ParseDERSignature(test.sig, btcec.S256())
} else {
_, err = btcec.ParseSignature(test.sig, btcec.S256())
}
if err != nil {
if test.isValid {
t.Errorf("%s signature failed when shouldn't %v",
test.name, err)
} /* else {
t.Errorf("%s got error %v", test.name, err)
} */
continue
}
if !test.isValid {
t.Errorf("%s counted as valid when it should fail",
test.name)
}
}
}
