First, the wallet to be converted to multisig must be empty. It is best to use a brand-new wallet for the purpose, although not required. It is strongly advised to make a copy of the wallet files first, just in case something goes wrong.
In short, the process is:
Wallet Creation
- All parties command
prepare_multisigand send data to ALL other parties - All parties command
make_multisig <threshold> <data1> <data2> .... <dataN>and send 2nd batch of data to ALL other parties - All parties command
finalize_multisig <data1> <data2> ...... <DataM>with the data from ALL other parties.
Receiving
- All parties can type address to see the created multisig wallet address. The address will, of course, be the same for all parties since they're all watching the same wallet.
Preparation for Sending
- To prepare for sending all parties command
export_multisig_info <filename>and send the file to all other parties - To complete preparation, all parties command
import_multisig_info <filename1> <filename2> ..... <filenameM>and import files from other parties
Sending
- To send, any party can use the usual transfer command, but the result will be a file named
multisig_beldex_txwhich must be sent to any 1 other signer - The other party commands
sign_multisig multisig_beldex_txand the file is updated with the signature. - The completely signed file is pushed to the network with use of
submit_multisig multisig_beldex_tx.
Below is a step-by-step walkthrough.
Requirements:
Nemptybeldex-wallet-cliwallets.- All parties wallets connected to a
beldexd. - Private communication channel.
All N people should open up their beldex-wallet-cli and generate a new wallet. Make sure you do not have any $beldex within your wallet.
The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and so on, up to the Nth person commands in their beldex-wallet-cli:
prepare_multisig
The output will be something like:
MultisigV1cR7X7ZAfa5ncRmQv1hpt4P1DmmnhinhokhDMqsmuWXmHFrb6xUr3FtBGygCfMScxnKJvXK1vvPNahXNWfYWVquieBErr98sFtgs24c2YuYrQT78uxV8oYx1A9bKeHSUfYzCniN5kMznEfvKCw3FiomjLvw364gg98ZWp16zA7pUVozid
Send this multisig info to all other participants, then use make_multisig <threshold> <info1> [<info2>...] with others' multisig info
This includes the PRIVATE view key, so needs to be disclosed only to that multisig wallet's participants
Copy the entire line Multisig…...Vozid and be sure to capture the whole thing when copying.
Each person must send their Multisig…...arg to each other person, it is suggested to send this information through a private comunication channel.
All N people now have the Multisig...arg text from the other N-1 people. With that, each of them can create their part of the multisig wallet. Before you proceed, note that the wallet will lose access to the underlying wallet when converted to multisig. This is not really a problem, since we started with an empty wallet, and if all goes OK with this step, you won't ever need it unless you want to go through the process again for whatever reason (like HDD died, but you have the seed mnemonic of the underlying wallet and want to reconstruct the multisig wallet).
Person 1 commands:
make_multisig <threshold> <data person 2> <data person 3> ..... <data person N>
Where <threshold> is the number of signers required out of the N people, <data person 2>is the output provided by Person 2, and <data person 3> is the output provided by Person 3, and <data person N> is the output provided by the Nth person.
This is the process for M of N multisig wallets, For the below example we will show a 2 of 3 multisig wallet.
This should look similar to:
make_multisig 2 MultisigV12EHtuvxFyAYDNcDsbDqWHDfkRr4JZchSdf8eZQSFwiMKDk15CYEJeQyEwtSnqUZdRr2BsEaT9z2biUdDTEQM4T3N625owvKMDoyhbRj3bwkBtceLKimap8DBAiUmSABpdf62HnPYiRtLW4JdVFmfqjndhWjYBypx1duvpi3qwfSrBY9a MultisigV1TqQ8Gt5Sb3GYtVJa1fQrK7e7hPm59XbooNvLxPSBR4856bW9jtD1hEyWy4yULKrX7reZZ6vrKdBCdSdk4nfApCGYJAA2WP4pKNwHDyKTuLEeuoDhqno8keEVeEF9AZsWXvng1avUTRREmy11h8wu8pdjopC4AguQKiHCJCN7aT9W6b8C
Notice how there are 2 strings starting with Multisig....arg. One is from person 2 and other from person 3, if their is 5 different people their would be 4 different strings of Multisig....arg. The number at the beginning is the minimum required number of signatures. Since it's a 2/3 scheme - it's 2.
To reiterate, for a 5/8 scheme which means there are 8 people who can sign and 5 people must sign to authorise a transaction out of the Multi signature wallet. In this circumstance, the command each person would run has a <threshold> that equals 5 and 7 strings of multisig...arg.
The output from the make_multisig command will be similar to:
Another step is needed
MultisigxV1PKCwmVrucV8bXi18VnHFqRXcnAq4osFL3ahzPHCiN48zhs28u6jmEhy7ktZbUEGfRtTuFjjKzJYb61fnFwnysBBnNXsUtCgFMXPa7FyNKVy2AnUg3ePEnKqWkgKVvA81axTS8r9EX1DmVPXgFKkFzw4Yj4ZtMcJVo77b5ayuMzjFtsaijko9X2bjd9AVfFVGBFMCSLa4xXhNVNz19CTUJx5gpoPG
Send this multisig info to all other participants, then use finalize_multisig <info1> [<info2>...] with others' multisig info
With any M of N schemes there's an additional step to be done here. The new Multisig...arg info that was just outputted must be passed to ALL other participants (For person 1 they must send it to persons 2 & 3 ... all the way up to person N).
Persons N sends the new output to all other persons.
Here we do one last command to make the wallet ready for receiving. It requires the 2nd batch of Multisig…....arg strings received from other parties.
Person N will run the command:
finalize_multisig MultisigxV1Vg1tsRLurvAc5aSA9Hd9God3MQhijCFoE1rPDFzx7ufwhs28u6jmEhy7ktZbUEGfRtTuFjjKzJYb61fnFwnysBBnfYm4xJWcJ4qM4khSb2KkyAKDuT39pTvdmemhojNjeYCmgSQ1NZLyBj48R1tVpiGNxa7TDnGbSgLuKBq35AX6jfu5PECAcDDn22CFQbJZip7xnBbn89Szzh27xeozfxcLiqqm MultisigxV14xDZBGACz3iUh2aVKGE5q5VzcvJdg2qCvZECgUWCdy5QNXsUtCgFMXPa7FyNKVy2AnUg3ePEnKqWkgKVvA81axTSfYm4xJWcJ4qM4khSb2KkyAKDuT39pTvdmemhojNjeYCmCNaRSsDEcemLLL8wCvzsy5R6hhkhWLYkD9vhZwprSFFKMZ7tfRko2VfMBoKQhB7PKXbf1npk2xceVKu2y7kExywb
Unfortunately the wallet will not display an output at this point. There's no indication that the process was successfully completed (for now). All N persons do the same, and all N wallets will show the same address after this step.
Now each person run the command:
address
And each N people of the multisig wallet should be shown the same address in their wallet.
This is simple, just send to the shared address. You can send multiple times, just like a normal wallet. You can use payment ID’s as well, or generate an integrated address to receive funds.
Best part, whomever is sending the funds won't be able to tell that the address belongs to a multisig wallet since it looks like any other Beldex address.
Just open the wallet and run the refresh command. Once completed, all persons can verify that the funds arrived.
Person 1, 2, 3 up to N can run the command:
show_transfers
To see incoming transfers or the following command to see the balance of the wallet:
balance
Without this step, it will not be possible to create a transaction that spends Beldex. As a minimum, the sender needs to get a partial key image from all the people who will sign the transaction with them later. They could get it from the parties immediately and then later decide with whom to sign.
Person N commands:
export_multisig_info miN
Where miN can be any filename. The output will be:
Multisig info exported to miN
The file miN will be located in the shell working folder*
Person N sends that file to other people. Persons 2 & 3 up to N do the same.
Optional: Step 1.2 Sending Multisig Info File with terminal - transfer.sh
It is optional to use the terminal to send each person the multisig info files.
UPLOADING MULTISIG INFO FILE
Person 1 will open up a new terminal and change to the directory mi1 has been saved.*
Person 1 will run the following command:
curl --upload-file ./mi1 https://transfer.sh/mi1
Person 1 will receive the link to the file as an output, looking similar to:
https://transfer.sh/Ehl5q/mi1
Person 1 will need to send this link to Person 2, Person 3, .... Person N. Person 2 will need to do the same and send the link to Person 1, 3 ..... N. Person 3 will need to do the same and send the link to Person 1, 2 ..... N. Person N will need to do the same and send the link to Person 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ...... N-1.
DOWNLOADING MULTISIG INFO FILE
Person 1 should change to the directory of their beldex-wallet-cli and use Person 2, 3, 4 ... N’s download link to run the commands:
curl <link> -o <filename>
Replacing <link> with the link Person 2, 3 ... N shared with Person 1 and <filename> with the filename of the Multisig info file that Person 2, 3 or ... N generated, for example Person 1 will run the command:
curl https://transfer.sh/Iedv9/mi2 -o mi2
And the command:
curl https://transfer.sh/dfvr3/mi3 -o mi3
and all the way up to:
curl https://transfer.sh/dfvr3/mi3 -o miN
Likewise, Person 2, 3 .... and N should do the same, changing directories to their beldex-wallet-cli and downloading with the alternative Persons download link, and filename.
curl https://transfer.sh/Ehl5q/mi1 -o mi1
Now, they must all import each other's file so they can be ready to make a TX later.
For example, Person 2 commands:
import_multisig_info mi1
import_multisig_info mi3
import_multisig_info miN
The wallet will look for files in the shell working folder* and if the files are found the output will look like:
2 outputs found in mi1
Height 56156, transaction <88ba687dc79a0b39e6de6d0763eda8363d33d9f58ec9a096171bd9a7f1dae873>, received 0.100000000000
Height 56156, transaction <d6ac845b9400759525519cdc5d514eb8f5b1d265b24d1c016e75b20ed3b4b7da>, received 0.100000000000
Persons 1, 3 .... and N do the same.
Any of the multisig wallets can start a transaction, it doesn't matter. To avoid weird things from happening only do it for 1 transaction at a time. If anything weird happens, do the step 1 & 2 again to fix.
For example, let's say that Person 3 will make the TX.
Person 3 performs the usual transfer command:
transfer bxTmZX8EzZVjS9zNg7zAsrEQFDgcVC2qV2ZMyoWsbyK4SNB2SwMHZtMhPSsFyTmRBQUaGVF5k3qy5CMFM6Lvj7gi3AeszDag7 50
The output will look like:
Unsigned transaction(s) successfully written to file: multisig_beldex_tx
Check in the folder where you started beldex-wallet-cli from. There should be a file named multisig_beldex_tx.
Send the file multisig_beldex_tx to one of the people who will sign the TX.
Person 3 will send the file multisig_beldex_tx to the Person 1, 2 or N. Person 3 can send this file through email or alternatively use the transfer.sh commands outside of the wallet:
curl --upload-file ./multisig_beldex_tx https://transfer.sh/multisig_beldex_tx
If Person 3 chooses to use transfer.sh command to send the file to Person 1 or 2 they will receive a <link>.
Person 1 or 2 must finish the signature. Person 1 or 2 copies/downloads the file to the same folder from where he started (or will start) beldex-wallet-cli.
Person 1 or 2 can run the command to download the file to the beldex-wallet-cli directory.
curl https://transfer.sh/CJqnM/multisig_beldex_tx -o multisig_beldex_tx
Replacing https://transfer.sh/CJqnM/multisig_beldex_tx with the link provided by Person 3.
Let's say Person 2 was picked as the partner. They must finish the signature. Person 2 copies the file to the same folder from where he started (or will start) beldex-wallet-cli.
Then, Person 2 commands:
sign_multisig multisig_beldex_tx
and they will be prompted to check it first:
Loaded 1 transactions, for 108.082287779, fee 0.061108880, sending 50.000000000 to bxTmZX8EzZVjS9zNg7zAsrEQFDgcVC2qV2ZMyoWsbyK4SNB2SwMHZtMhPSsFyTmRBQUaGVF5k3qy5CMFM6Lvj7gi3AeszDag7, 58.021178899 change to bxScXhWpAG2aUHmFemwvn4HddHA5GQ4u6MvYsW2hVteJSwLJXCEhk2aVp4XzyqGmvyUqc3w8fwWwg6szGEytUSx51C6WQ3er8, with min ring size 10, no payment ID.
Is this okay? (Y/Yes/N/No):
If ok, answer Y, and the output will look like:
Transaction successfully submitted, transaction <3b03b16c79eaa5564171ae88242c4cdb1f9e0b41fc3de949c6524c5026a3f3bb>
If the threshold is greater than 2 another multisig_beldex_tx file will need to be signed by the amount of signers required.
Finally, person with the final signed file submits the transaction to the network by commanding:
submit_multisig multisig_beldex_tx
There will be a confirmation prompt:
Loaded 1 transactions, for 108.082287779, fee 0.061108880, sending 50.000000000 to bxTmZX8EzZVjS9zNg7zAsrEQFDgcVC2qV2ZMyoWsbyK4SNB2SwMHZtMhPSsFyTmRBQUaGVF5k3qy5CMFM6Lvj7gi3AeszDag7, 58.021178899 change to bxScXhWpAG2aUHmFemwvn4HddHA5GQ4u6MvYsW2hVteJSwLJXCEhk2aVp4XzyqGmvyUqc3w8fwWwg6szGEytUSx51C6WQ3er8, with min ring size 10, no payment ID.
Is this okay? (Y/Yes/N/No):
If ok, answer Y, and the transaction will be sent. The output will look like:
Transaction successfully submitted, transaction <3b03b16c79eaa5564171ae88242c4cdb1f9e0b41fc3de949c6524c5026a3f3bb>
You can check its status by using the show_transfers command.
The person 2 could also send the signed TX to person 3, who could then submit it to the network himself.
If you want to make another one, you have to go back to preparation for spending step (sync the key images again).
The wallet will look for the files and export them to the folder from where it was started, ie where your command prompt / shell was when you called
beldex-wallet-cli. It may or may not be the same folder as your actual wallet files orbeldex-wallet-cli, depending on how you go about it.For example, your wallet could be on some USB drive like
f:\temp\, and your wallet software onc:\beldex\and your shell working folder could bec:\.If you remain in
c:\with the shell, you could start the wallet by its full path and specify the wallet file location:c:\beldex\beldex-wallet-cli.exe --wallet-file f:\temp\mywallet. In this case, all the import/export stuff would be read/written toc:\because that's still your shell's working folder.It would be probably feel more natural to
cdinto the wallet folder. Dof:to change drive and thencd f:\temp\. Then, simply start the wallet from that location by its full path again:c:\beldex\beldex-wallet-cli.exe --wallet-file mywallet. Notice how you don't have to write the full wallet path now as you're already there with your shell. In this case, all the files mentioned above would be written or read from the same folder as the wallet files.
Source:
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