eth_sign

Returns an EIP-191 signature over the provided data.

Request Format

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_sign",
  "params": [
    "0x9b2055d370f73ec7d8a03e965129118dc8f5bf83",
    "0xdeadbeaf"
  ],
  "id": 1
}

Response Format

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "0xa3f20717a250c2b0b729b7e5becbff67fdaef7e0699da4de7ca5895b02a170a12d887fd3b17bfdce3481f10bea41f45ba9f709d39ce8325427b57afcfc994cee1b"
}

Parameters

Address (address): The address of the signer.
Message (bytes): The data to be signed, provided as a byte array.

Return Value

Signature (bytes65): The EIP-191 signature of the provided message.

Example

Request

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "method": "eth_sign",
  "params": [
    "0x9b2055d370f73ec7d8a03e965129118dc8f5bf83",
    "0xdeadbeaf"
  ],
  "id": 1
}

Response

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": "0xa3f20717a250c2b0b729b7e5becbff67fdaef7e0699da4de7ca5895b02a170a12d887fd3b17bfdce3481f10bea41f45ba9f709d39ce8325427b57afcfc994cee1b"
}

Notes

This method generates an EIP-191 signature using the provided address and message.
The signature can be used for verifying message authenticity.