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[GH-2293]-Adding clarification of how data needs to be prefix #2295

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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion docs/web3-eth-personal.rst
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Expand Up @@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ sign

web3.eth.personal.sign(dataToSign, address, password [, callback])

Signs data using a specific account.
Signs data using a specific account. This data is before UTF-8 HEX decoded and enveloped as follows: ``"\x19Ethereum Signed Message:\n" + message.length + message``.



.. note:: Sending your account password over an unsecured HTTP RPC connection is highly unsecure.

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