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Send via File using the CLI Wallet

MrT edited this page Jul 11, 2020 · 4 revisions

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Requirements

To follow this tutorial, you will need the following:


Send via File using the CLI Wallet

First let's lay out the overall procedure, more detailed instructions with screenshots are below:

  1. Start your Node and wait for it to Sync
  2. Open a Commandline or Shell and navigate to your Wallet's Folder
  3. Create a Transactionfile by typing the send Command
  4. Confirm typing your password
  5. Exchange your Transactionfile with the recipient or Upload it to your Exchange
  6. Download the Anwserfile from your recipient or exchange
  7. Finalize the transaction by using the finalize command
  8. Confirm Typing your password and wait for the transaction to confirm
  • Start your Node and make sure it is fully snychronised before continuing!

    nodesynced


  • Open a Commandline or shell in your Walletfolder and use the following command:

Linux

mwc-wallet send -m file -d Mytransactionfile.tx %Amount%
<enter password>

Windows

mwc-wallet.exe send -m file -d Mytransactionfile.tx %Amount%
<enter password>

Where you will need to Replace %Amount% with the Amount to send. Also make sure that the File "Mytransactionfile.tx" doesn't exist yet, choose a new Filename everytime!

sendcommandfile




  • Exchange the created Mytransactionfile.tx with the receiving party and wait for the anwserfile.

Once received, finalize the transaction with the following command:

Linux

mwc-wallet finalize -i Mytransactionfile.tx.response
<enter password>

Windows

mwc-wallet.exe finalize -i Mytransactionfile.tx.response
<enter password>
  • Once the transaction is finalized, the recipient needs to wait for enough confirmations (set to 10 blocks by default) to spend the fund received recently.
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