From 65c15c5a03ecd9dbe706141bcfd55c4ab72182f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SomberNight <somber.night@protonmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2017 17:36:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix verifymessage command

---
 lib/commands.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/lib/commands.py b/lib/commands.py
index 4dfac4f7b..3a2383674 100644
--- a/lib/commands.py
+++ b/lib/commands.py
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ class Commands:
     def verifymessage(self, address, signature, message):
         """Verify a signature."""
         sig = base64.b64decode(signature)
+        message = util.to_bytes(message)
         return bitcoin.verify_message(address, sig, message)
 
     def _mktx(self, outputs, fee, change_addr, domain, nocheck, unsigned, rbf, password, locktime=None):