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I am trying to change my minimum payout, but when I try I get "signature fails!"

I am setting it above the minimum as well.

What is the deal?

My Eligius - 2014-06-24 21:17:11 UTC - Minimum_Payout_BTC=0.01049

Signature fails!

Are you using your Bitcoin wallet / private key to sign the message?

Why on earth would I give some website the private key to my wallet? Is that what they are asking for?

I assume there is another way to change a simple account setting other than giving them the keys to do whatever they want with my money.

It is bad enough that I can't even change my account name from the original address I signed up with... (or can I?)

Can you show the signature for that message?

When I make the changes, below it says:

Message to Sign with 1LiFoQaaqALUT2u4cUCPDrGHtSw4H6N4NC:
My Eligius - 2014-06-24 21:31:04 UTC - Minimum_Payout_BTC=0.01048576

There are then two text fields, one with the above string, and one empty with "Signature:" above it.

Am I missing something completely obvious in how this works?

You need to sign the message with the private key associated with that address. This proves you control the address and thus Eligius should allow you to make the change. Signing a message does not in any way give your private key away, it just proves you have access to it. I sign my Eligius messages using MultiBit.