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Last edited Sep 7, 2018
Created on Sep 7, 2018
This example demonstrates how to create a cryptographic signature for a message using the Ethereum private key signing process. It shows the entire workflow of converting a plain-text message into a signed hexadecimal string via the `personalSign` function, which relies on the `ethereumjs-util` library. The code imports `ethUtil` to handle message hashing, elliptic curve signing, and serialization, using methods like `hashPersonalMessage`, `ecsign`, and `bufferToHex`. A hardcoded private key (`privKeyHex`) is passed to `personalSign` with the message `"terms"`, and the resulting signature is printed to the console.
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