# verifymessage

Verify a signed message

This method will use `10` [Compute Units](https://docs.validationcloud.io/v1/about/billing).

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## **Reference:** [**Here**](https://developer.bitcoin.org/reference/rpc/verifymessage.html)

## **Parameters**

`address` - string, required

The bitcoin address to use for the signature.

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\&#xNAN;**`signature`** - string, required

The signature provided by the signer in base 64 encoding (see signmessage).

**`message`** - string, required

The message that was signed.

## Returns

| Name          | Type    | Description                          |
| ------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------ |
| true \| false | boolean | If the signature is verified or not. |