Signing a Transaction Offline Guide

[matthewkim93]

• 2 screeshots
• 1 example code (typescript)

[dgarcia360]

It would be great to show in a previous step how to create an offline account with the CLI.
You will have to pass to symbol-cli account generate the options --network, --generation-hash, --namespace-id, and divisibility. Pass the option --help to know more about each parameter.

[matthewkim93]

So I included an optional step 0 (we can redo the numbering to if you think that's better. I showed how to generate an account. I'm not sure how you would save the account and create a transaction from the account with the cli without connecting to the internet though.

I wasn't too sure what you meant by "the options --network, --generation-hash, --namespace-id, and divisibility. Pass the option --help to know more about each parameter."

[dgarcia360]

I prefer the guide to start at 1.

I'm not sure how you would save the account and create a transaction from the account with the cli without connecting to the internet though.

When creating a profile, the CLI retrieves some information automatically from the node connected. In order to create an account without having internet connection, the user needs to pass the following options manually: --generation-hash, --namespace-id, and --divisibility.

I attach in this image how I managed to create an account without internet:

[dgarcia360]

Looks good to me, we will improve the process before merging to not have to open the SDK to construct the URI.
Also, would prefer to show text instead of screenshots for the CLI.

[segfaultxavi]

Some notes to myself:

• It would be nice if the process could be done completely using only CLI (See Add URI conversion facilities symbol-cli#328)
• TS and CLI code should be shown together using example code blocks as done in the Delegated Harvesting guide Delegated harvesting #531.
• "Create an offline account" should be a prerequisite and explain where to get all that info.
• Obviously no screenshots, only text