<p>I'm trying to sign a message with the Bitcoin Core version v0.19.0.1 wallet.  But when I do I see the message "the entered address does not refer to a key."  is there a way to sign a message with the addresses in this wallet?  Thx for any help.  </p>

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2020-05-10T07:43:15.113Z
Is that a watch-only address?
MCCCS
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2020-05-10T10:18:40.890Z
It originally held my btc but I moved them to a new address, so the wallet is actually empty.  I'm just trying to sign a message with one of the now empty receive addresses to verify I control it.
Corry
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2020-05-10T12:53:02.643Z
Shouldn't matter if an address is "empty" -- is it a bech32 (native segwit) address? There is a proposal for message signing with such an address but I don't think any code is merged yet: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0322.mediawiki
pinhead
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2020-05-26T23:13:15.290Z
I actually imported the private keys into electrum and was able to sign a  message.
Corry
<wallet><signature>
signing message
Corry
# signing message

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-05-09)

I'm trying to sign a message with the Bitcoin Core version v0.19.0.1 wallet. But when I do I see the message "the entered address does not refer to a key." is there a way to sign a message with the addresses in this wallet? Thx for any help.

**Tags:** wallet, signature

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Is that a watch-only address?  
> **username_0**: It originally held my btc but I moved them to a new address, so the wallet is actually empty.  I'm just trying to sign a message with one of the now empty receive addresses to verify I control it.  
> **username_2**: Shouldn't matter if an address is "empty" -- is it a bech32 (native segwit) address? There is a proposal for message signing with such an address but I don't think any code is merged yet: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0322.mediawiki  
> **username_0**: I actually imported the private keys into electrum and was able to sign a  message.  

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