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Standard Signature Validation Method for Contracts

ERC 1271, Standard Signature Validation Method for Contracts. Externally Owned Accounts (EOA) can sign messages with their associated private keys, but currently contracts cannot.

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Authors: Francisco Giordano , Matt Condon , Philippe Castonguay , Amir Bandeali , Jorge Izquierdo , Bertrand Masius
Date: 2018
Publisher: Francisco Giordano , Matt Condon , Philippe Castonguay , Amir Bandeali , Jorge Izquierdo , Bertrand Masius
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Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0394
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
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ERC 1271, Standard Signature Validation Method for Contracts. Externally Owned Accounts (EOA) can sign messages with their associated private keys, but currently contracts cannot.

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Giordano, F., Condon, M., Castonguay, P., Bandeali, A., Izquierdo, J., & Masius, B. (2018). Standard Signature Validation Method for Contracts. Francisco Giordano , Matt Condon , Philippe Castonguay , Amir Bandeali , Jorge Izquierdo , Bertrand Masius. https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-1271

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@techreport{erc12712018,
  title = {Standard Signature Validation Method for Contracts},
  author = {Francisco Giordano , Matt Condon , Philippe Castonguay , Amir Bandeali , Jorge Izquierdo , Bertrand Masius},
  year = {2018},
  institution = {Francisco Giordano , Matt Condon , Philippe Castonguay , Amir Bandeali , Jorge Izquierdo , Bertrand Masius},
  url = {https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-1271},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/erc-1271}
}

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TI  - Standard Signature Validation Method for Contracts
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AU  - Matt Condon
AU  - Philippe Castonguay
AU  - Amir Bandeali
AU  - Jorge Izquierdo
AU  - Bertrand Masius
PY  - 2018
PB  - Francisco Giordano , Matt Condon , Philippe Castonguay , Amir Bandeali , Jorge Izquierdo , Bertrand Masius
UR  - https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-1271
N1  - Rights status: Official external source only
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