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the dnm bible

Signing a Message with PGP

You can sign a message to prove that you created it. Anyone that has your public key can verify that you signed it. It is usually not necessary to sign messages as a normal DNM buyer but if you need to do it, here is how.

Type the message in the text editor. Then press CTRL + A and CTRL + C to copy it. After that click on the clipboard icon and select “Sign/Encrypt Clipboard with Public Keys”.

Clipboard icon

On the new window do not check any keys in the recipient list but select your key on the drop down list on the right of “Sign message as:”. Also make sure that the “Hide recipients” option is unchecked.

Key icon

When that is done, click on “OK” and enter your password for your private key. To confirm that it signed your message properly go back to your text editor and press CTRL + V. If you see something that looks like this, it is signed properly.

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA512


This is my signed message.


Anyone with my public key can verify that I signed it.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----


iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJYg5AQAAoJEMPzj/CHV15DTbkP/iweuHOlCH9fxa2CqBoxUn2D
BZiW94/PMitNAG1hP/Nucc+rAbRgvmtrQ/GfPkcgtUmsLJy0+duMk7PBg1Q3imkz
icqHhI6eN7F4aHSlM1kVKIXhNSwE0AVaf5n45Yrqtkt+O3BQ7aH/v5vcFbTTzIcf
XJGfhh/OAig8+w6LQvJL
=QsWE
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

The gibberish in the middle will be a little bit longer for you. Now all you have to do is going to the market or email website, paste the clipboard content into the relevant text field and send the message or email.

After you did this please close the text editor and if it asks you if the changes should be saved, select “Close without saving”.