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package main
import (
"fmt"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/accounts"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
)
func main() {
fmt.Println(verifySig(
"0x0EaE3eF6CC7176553E6B45d94e9eFDE2Da7B82a5",
"0x34850b7e36e635783df0563c7202c3ac776df59db5015d2b6f0add33955bb5c43ce35efb5ce695a243bc4c5dc4298db40cd765f3ea5612d2d57da1e4933b2f201b",
[]byte("Example `personal_sign` message"),
))
}
func verifySig(from, sigHex string, msg []byte) bool {
sig := hexutil.MustDecode(sigHex)
msg = accounts.TextHash(msg)
if sig[crypto.RecoveryIDOffset] == 27 || sig[crypto.RecoveryIDOffset] == 28 {
sig[crypto.RecoveryIDOffset] -= 27 // Transform yellow paper V from 27/28 to 0/1
}
recovered, err := crypto.SigToPub(msg, sig)
if err != nil {
return false
}
recoveredAddr := crypto.PubkeyToAddress(*recovered)
return from == recoveredAddr.Hex()
}
@xx444812313
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Good! helped me a lot!

@chbill8
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chbill8 commented Aug 24, 2022

Do you have any examples on generating the signature?

@letroglodyte
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Helped a lot cheers !

@bertho-zero
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Works fine but I need to replace

	sig[crypto.RecoveryIDOffset] -= 27 // Transform yellow paper V from 27/28 to 0/1

with

	if sig[crypto.RecoveryIDOffset] == 27 || sig[crypto.RecoveryIDOffset] == 28 {
		sig[crypto.RecoveryIDOffset] -= 27 // Transform yellow paper V from 27/28 to 0/1
	}

@darshantejani007
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Amazing! Worked on the first go!

@quiet-node
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quiet-node commented Nov 14, 2022

OMG You're the absolute life saver! Thanks a lot! Spent up all night long but couldn't find the right answer until seeing this post!

@psmithson
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In our case, the last line had a bug, in which it needs the address to be lower cased, otherwise the comparison fails. Fix this bug lowering the case of the right parameter, like this:

return from == strings.ToLower(recoveredAddress.Hex())

@memochou1993
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@NFEL
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NFEL commented May 12, 2023

@psmithson
in that case you should use something like

return strings.ToLower(from) == strings.ToLower(recoveredAddress.Hex())

@al-maisan
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@psmithson in that case you should use something like

return strings.ToLower(from) == strings.ToLower(recoveredAddress.Hex())

or even better

return strings.EqualFold(from, recoveredAddr.Hex())

@Spillage
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Spillage commented Nov 6, 2023

Very helpful!

@al-maisan
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@valterlobo
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valterlobo commented Apr 3, 2024

Sign in with Ethereum - frontend
https://docs.metamask.io/wallet/how-to/sign-data/siwe/

Signature checker in backend with go-ethereum with this code.

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dcb9 commented Apr 4, 2024

@valterlobo Very useful, thanks for sharing

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umiiii commented Sep 7, 2025

Thanks for your solution!!!!

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