# Signature verification failed while creating Validor

**URL:** <https://forum.cosmos.network/t/signature-verification-failed-while-creating-validor/1305>\
**Category:** Validation\
**Created:** [November 10, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/signature-verification-failed-while-creating-validor/1305 "2018-11-10T15:41:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![bneiluj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ba0ec/32.png) [@bneiluj](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/bneiluj)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/signature-verification-failed-while-creating-validor/1305/1 "2018-11-10T15:41:29Z")

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Error while creating validator:

gaiacli stake create-validator --amount=5steak --from=From\_Name --pubkey=$(gaiad tendermint show\_validator) --moniker=Moniker\_Name --chain-id=8001

```auto
ERROR: checkTx failed: (65540) === ABCI Log ===
Codespace: 1
Code: 4
ABCICode: 65540
Error: --= Error =--
Data: common.FmtError{format:"signature verification failed", args:[]interface {}(nil)}
Msg Traces:
--= /Error =--

```

The password is correct because otherwise it gives: `ERROR: Ciphertext decryption failed` error. (So not related to this post: [Help with "signature verification failed"](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/help-with-signature-verification-failed/528/2))

The passphrase is also correct as I can run `gaiacli keys add cosmos-testnet-1 --recover` with success.

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![eon\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecc23a/32.png) [@eon\_1](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/eon_1)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 10:36am UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/signature-verification-failed-while-creating-validor/1305/2 "2018-11-12T10:36:56Z")

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This error occurs because of wrong chain-id

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**Author:** ![bneiluj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ba0ec/32.png) [@bneiluj](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/bneiluj)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 8:59am UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/signature-verification-failed-while-creating-validor/1305/3 "2018-11-14T08:59:29Z")

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I tried with with gaia-8001 , gaia-9001.  
I re-built everything and it worked. I think it was due to a wrong chmod on the keys.