From: Fredrick <copypaste@wizardchan.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 21:31:01 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Bugfix: Allow signing messages over 252 characters
X-Git-Url: https://git.novaco.in/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=16902cc3ca57ea190bb3882bc36bd0b3f9e18609;p=electrum-nvc.git

Bugfix: Allow signing messages over 252 characters
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diff --git a/lib/bitcoin.py b/lib/bitcoin.py
index a4c30fe..6a16ec5 100644
--- a/lib/bitcoin.py
+++ b/lib/bitcoin.py
@@ -286,7 +286,10 @@ SECP256k1 = ecdsa.curves.Curve("SECP256k1", curve_secp256k1, generator_secp256k1
 from ecdsa.util import string_to_number, number_to_string
 
 def msg_magic(message):
-    return "\x18Bitcoin Signed Message:\n" + chr( len(message) ) + message
+    varint = var_int(len(message))
+    encoded_varint = "".join([chr(int(varint[i:i+2], 16)) for i in xrange(0, len(varint), 2)])
+
+    return "\x18Bitcoin Signed Message:\n" + encoded_varint + message
 
 
 class EC_KEY(object):