How to sign & verify a message on Trezor.io/start?

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As soon as you purchase a Trezor device, the next thing that you are supposed to do is set up your wallet. The wallet setup can be easily accomplished via trezor.io/start. After setting up your wallet, you will be introduced to the wide range of features that this wallet comes with. One of the most amazing and beneficial aspects of using the Trezor hardware wallet is the fact that it allows you to sign and verify transactions.

This means you can easily sign a message in case you ever lose your 2FA login credentials and verify your identity with Trezor. In addition to that, you may also verify a message i.e. verify a transaction so that you know your funds are being transferred from your wallet.

In this guide, we will guide you through two different procedures that you need to follow for signing a message and for verifying messages. So, without further ado, let's jump right into the process.

Signing a message on the Trezor device 

After you are done setting up your wallet via trezor.io/start, you can then try to learn different procedures. Hence, if you are interested in knowing the process to sign a message on Trezor, you may follow the quick guidelines given below:

1. Open Trezor Suite installed via trezor.io/start
2. After that, you can choose the three dots at the top and select "Sign & Verify"
3. Then, you must type the message text into the given "Message" space
4. In the "Address" space, copy and paste the correct Bitcoin address
5. Hit the "Sign" button to proceed
6. Go to your Trezor device screen and follow the prompts to confirm your action
7. Now, a signature will appear on your screen
8. To copy it, select "Copy and Close" the signature

That's all you need to do if you wish to sign a message on your Trezor Wallet. Moving on, let us now take a look at the steps that you need to follow for verifying a message.

Verifying a message on the Trezor device 

To verify a message on your Trezor device, make sure that you have downloaded the Trezor suite via trezor.io/start. The steps below will help you understand the whole process in a better way so that you can easily verify messages or transactions on your Trezor device:

1. Begin by opening Trezor Suite on your device
2. Click on the three dots that are present at the top
3. Select the "Sign & Verify" option
4. Then, you must copy and paste the message that you have signed earlier in the "Message" box
5. In the "Address" box, paste the signed message
6. And then, you must paste the signature in the "Signature" box and hit the "Verify" option
7. Now the Trezor device will show the verification of the message
8. Follow some more instructions on the Trezor screen to complete the process
9. After following all the prompts, you'll see a "Message Verified" statement on your screen
10. That's all you need to do to verify a message on Trezor

If you don't see the verification message on your screen, you will be shown an error message which would mean that the verification was not successful and you might need to repeat the whole process. Also, make sure that you are using the updated version of Trezor Suite installed via trezor.io/start.

Conclusion: 

In case you have missed it, you can easily sign and verify a message on your Trezor device which simply hints at the fact that Trezor ensures the safety of your assets without letting you worry about fraudulent transactions being made. However, one should know the apt process to do so and this is the reason why we have given this detailed guide on signing and verifying the message. But, before you start, make sure to install Trezor Suite via trezor.io/start.