How to sign a transaction?
In this section, you will learn about how to sign a transaction in your DAO using Metamask.
The process of signing transaction explained
Open up the Metamask browser extension and log in.
If you are using Chrome you should be able to do this by clicking on the fox icon located to the right of your address bar.
If you can't see it, click here. This will open up an interface to your Ethereum wallet. Set up your wallet as described here.
Select the network and the account you want to use.
In the Metamask wallet, select the network and the account you want to use. Access your DAO, connect your Metamask wallet, and interact with the DAO (for example by adding a new member in the Token App).
Add a token.
In the following example, we will add a new token and we will show how to sign the transaction to finalize this. If you need help on "How to add tokens to your Dao" please go here.
Confirm a transaction
After filling in all the requested fields on the Add tokens page and clicking the Create transaction button, a Metamask popup opens (as shown in the image below). Please, follow as requested to sign the transaction with the Confirm button.
Example
In the following example, we will add a new token in the Token App in our DAO and we will show how to sign the transaction for finalizing the process.
Access your DAO
If you do not have a DAO one go here to deploy it.
Connect your Metamask wallet.
Click Add a new token in the Token App
If you need help on how to add tokens to your DAO, please go here.
Fill in all the requested fields in the Add tokens page and click the Create transaction button
A Metamask popup (as shown in the image) requesting you to sign the transaction with the Confirm button, should appear - click the confirm button to proceed.
The transaction is done.
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