hmmm so i just learnt how to sign messages with my wallet address.
-----BEGIN BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----
this is ashkanb from bitcointalk.org
just wanted to thank you shorena for a very well constructed and informative post :).
today is March 25th 2016
-----BEGIN SIGNATURE-----
1FZYCo3JXesha6z6MEqGVGULGtWNNac3GY
H89+Ty2JRq4Hl3iSAJ1PpK3AJE26xJ3pd7eXKgP0TliGYOzRidkdH0qgaxBQ6jQz2Mm+Emsw04PvGKeaxbrHnaQ=
-----END BITCOIN SIGNED MESSAGE-----
was just giving it a go to see whether i got it all right!
did verify on chainquery.com too.
please someone else check and lemme know if the formatting and everything is in proper order.

again thanks for the super useful thread.