This is not for encrypting your address or other private messages.
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.
- First, open Kleopatra, and click Notepad
- In the text field type the message you want to sign
- Click the Recipients tabs
- Check Only sign as Type your account your key you want to sign with
- Uncheck encrypt for me
- Uncheck encrypt for others
- Click Sign Notepad
- Click back to your Notepad tab
Now the content of the clipboard should look like this:
-----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 go to the market or email website, paste the clipboard content into the relevant text field, and send the message or email.