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Run Factom Federation
Time to remember Mr. Miyagi’s lesson.
This step will be used every time you need to run Factom Federation software, so get familiar with it. Practice makes perfect. Wax on, wax off.
Every time you come across “Run FF” you need to perform the following steps. These are the necessary steps to run the wallet.
For Mac and Windows, use the cd command with Terminal to browse to the location of your FF installation. On Linux, you will be able to run commands without having to browse the to install location.
This step is required before you run factomd, factom-walletd, and factom-cli. The three applications are required to run the Factom Federation software.
In a new Terminal window, run
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cd /Applications/Factom/Windows
cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Factom\On Mac, Windows and Linux, run “factomd” first
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Control panel
Syncing the Factom blockchain may take a little while. The Factom Control panel will display the progress and notify you when it has finished syncing. This will also occur when it has been a while since the last time you have run factomd. However, after the first full sync is complete, successive syncs are faster and you will only have to sync blocks since the last full sync.
Once you are synced, in a new Terminal window browse (
cd) to the location of your FF installation as you did above (Mac and Windows only).
There are two options now, one for people who have run Factom Genesis (FG), our previous software release, and one for people who haven’t. The former has to import their old FG wallet file; the latter doesn’t. Choose the next step accordingly.If you have used FG
If you have run our previous software release “Factom Genesis (FG)” you need to import your FG wallet file (named factoid_wallet_bolt.db) the first time your run factom-walletd to make sure all its previous addresses and balances are transferred over. You have learned how to backup your wallet file in our Backup Your Wallet File! guide and you should know if still in the default location within the .factom folder at ~/.factom/factoid_wallet_bolt.db.
Simply run the next command with a special flag and the path to your wallet file:
factom-walletd -i=PATH_TO_YOUR_FGWALLETFILE.
For example, if your FG wallet file is still in the .factom folder, run:
factom-walletd -i=~/.factom/factoid_wallet_bolt.dbThis command will tell factom-walletd to look for the file at the specified path and import all its addresses into the new wallet. The file can be located in a different location on your hard drive, just make sure to specify the path properly.
If by any chance the operation fails, quit factom-walletd, delete the new wallet file located at ~/.factom/wallet/factoid_wallet.db and try again until you get all your addresses back.
Remember, you only need to do this once the first time you run factom-walletd, after that you can run it normally.
If you have never used FG
Run:
factom-walletdTerminal output for:factom-walletd
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> factom-walletd
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Reading from '/Home/.factom/m2/factomd.conf'
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Cannot open custom config file,
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Starting with default settings.
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open /Home/.factom/m2/factomd.conf: no such file or directory
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Reading from '/Home/.factom/m2/factomd.conf'
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Cannot open custom config file,
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Starting with default settings.
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open /Home/.factom/m2/factomd.conf: no such file or directory
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Warning, factom-walletd API is not password protected. Factoids can be stolen remotely.
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Warning, factom-walletd API connection is unencrypted. The password is unprotected over the network.
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Database started from: /Home/.factom/wallet/factom_wallet.db
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Database started from: /Home/.factom/wallet/factoid_blocks.cache
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2016/11/24 06:28:37 web.go serving :8089
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You are now ready to use factom-cli to run commands in your third Terminal window. Run the command
-h (help) to see all the available commands and their descriptions. cd to the location of your FF installation first, then run:factom-cli -hTerminal output for:factom-cli -h
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> factom-cli -h
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Usage of ./factom-cli:
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-factomdcert string
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This file is the TLS certificate provided by the factomd API. (default ~/.factom/m2/factomdAPIpub.cert)
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-factomdpassword string
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Password for API connections to factomd
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-factomdtls
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Set to true when the factomd API is encrypted
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-factomduser string
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Username for API connections to factomd
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-h help
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-s string
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IPAddr:port# of factomd API to use to access blockchain (default localhost:8088)
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-test.bench string
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regular expression per path component to select benchmarks to run
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-test.benchmem
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print memory allocations for benchmarks
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-test.benchtime duration
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approximate run time for each benchmark (default 1s)
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-test.blockprofile string
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write a goroutine blocking profile to the named file after execution
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-test.blockprofilerate int
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if >= 0, calls runtime.SetBlockProfileRate() (default 1)
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-test.count n
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run tests and benchmarks n times (default 1)
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-test.coverprofile string
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write a coverage profile to the named file after execution
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-test.cpu string
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comma-separated list of the number of CPUs to use for each test
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-test.cpuprofile string
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write a CPU profile to the named file during execution
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-test.memprofile string
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write a memory profile to the named file after execution
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-test.memprofilerate int
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if >=0, sets runtime.MemProfileRate
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-test.outputdir string
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directory in which to write profiles
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-test.parallel int
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maximum test parallelism (default 8)
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-test.run string
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regular expression to select tests and examples to run
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-test.short
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run smaller test suite to save time
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-test.timeout duration
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if positive, sets an aggregate time limit for all tests
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-test.trace string
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write an execution trace to the named file after execution
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-test.v
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verbose: print additional output
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-w string
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IPAddr:port# of factom-walletd API to use to create transactions (default localhost:8089)
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-walletcert string
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This file is the TLS certificate provided by the factom-walletd API. (default ~/.factom/walletAPIpub.cert)
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-walletpassword string
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Password for API connections to factom-walletd
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-wallettls
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Set to true when the wallet API is encrypted
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-walletuser string
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Username for API connections to factom-walletd
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factom-cli ack TxID|FullTx
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Returns information about a factoid transaction, or an entry / entry credit transaction
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factom-cli addchain [-e EXTID1 -e EXTID2 -E BINEXTID3 ...] ECADDRESS <STDIN>
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Create a new Factom Chain. Read data for the First Entry from stdin. Use the Entry Credits from the specified address.
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factom-cli addentry -c CHAINID [-e EXTID1 -e EXTID2 -E BEEF1D ...] ECADDRESS <STDIN>
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Create a new Factom Entry. Read data for the Entry from stdin. Use the Entry Credits from the specified address.
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factom-cli addtxecoutput [-r] TXNAME ADDRESS AMOUNT
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Add an Entry Credit output to a transaction in the wallet
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factom-cli addtxfee TXNAME ADDRESS
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Add the transaction fee to an input of a transaction in the wallet
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factom-cli addtxinput TXNAME ADDRESS AMOUNT
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Add a Factoid input to a transaction in the wallet
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factom-cli addtxoutput [-r] TXNAME ADDRESS AMOUNT
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Add a Factoid output to a transaction in the wallet
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factom-cli backupwallet
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Backup the running wallet
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factom-cli balance [-r] ADDRESS
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If this is an EC Address, returns the number of Entry Credits. If this is a Factoid Address, returns the Factoid balance.
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factom-cli buyec FCTADDRESS ECADDRESS ECAMOUNT
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Buy entry credits
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factom-cli composechain [-e EXTID1 -e EXTID2 -E BINEXTID3 ...] ECADDRESS <STDIN>
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Create API calls to create a new Factom Chain. Read data for the First Entry from stdin. Use the Entry Credits from the specified address.
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factom-cli composeentry -c CHAINID [-e EXTID1 -e EXTID2 -E BEEF1D ...] ECADDRESS <STDIN>
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Create API calls to create a new Factom Entry. Read data for the Entry from stdin. Use the Entry Credits from the specified address.
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factom-cli composetx TXNAME
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Compose a wallet transaction into a JSON RPC object
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factom-cli ecrate
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It takes this many Factoids to buy an Entry Credit. Displays the larger between current and future rates. Also used to set Factoid fees.
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factom-cli exportaddresses
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List the private addresses stored in the wallet
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factom-cli get allentries|chainhead|dblock|eblock|entry|firstentry|head|heights
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Get data about Factom Chains, Entries, and Blocks
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factom-cli get allentries [-n NAME1 -N HEXNAME2 ...] CHAINID
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Get all of the Entries in a Chain
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factom-cli get chainhead [-n NAME1 -N HEXNAME2 ...] CHAINID
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Get ebhead by chainid
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factom-cli get dblock KEYMR
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Get dblock contents by merkle root
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factom-cli get eblock KEYMR
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Get eblock by merkle root
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factom-cli get entry HASH
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Get entry by hash
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factom-cli get firstentry [-n NAME1 -N HEXNAME2 ...] CHAINID
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Get the first entry from a chain
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factom-cli get head
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Get the latest completed directory block
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factom-cli get heights
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Get the current heights of various blocks in factomd
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factom-cli importaddress ADDRESS [ADDRESS...]
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Import one or more secret keys into the wallet
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factom-cli importwords '12WORDS'
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Import 12 words from Koinify sale into the Wallet
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factom-cli listaddresses
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List the addresses stored in the wallet
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factom-cli listtxs [tmp|all|address|id|range]
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List transactions from the wallet or the Factoid Chain
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factom-cli listtxs address ECADDRESS|FCTADDRESS
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List transactions from the Factoid Chain with a particular address
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factom-cli listtxs [all]
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List all transactions from the Factoid Chain
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factom-cli listtxs id TXID
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List transaction from the Factoid Chain
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factom-cli listtxs range START END
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List the transactions from the Factoid Chain within the specified range
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factom-cli listtxs tmp
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List current working transactions in the wallet
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factom-cli newecaddress
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Generate a new Entry Credit Address in the wallet
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factom-cli newfctaddress
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Generate a new Factoid Address in the wallet
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factom-cli newtx TXNAME
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Create a new transaction in the wallet
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factom-cli properties
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Get version information about facotmd and the factom wallet
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factom-cli receipt ENTRYHASH
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Returns a Receipt for a given Entry
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factom-cli rmtx TXNAME
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Remove a transaction in the wallet
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factom-cli sendfct FROMADDRESS TOADDRESS AMOUNT
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Send Factoids between 2 addresses
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factom-cli sendtx TXNAME
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Send a Transaction to Factom
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factom-cli signtx TXNAME
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Sign a transaction in the wallet
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factom-cli subtxfee TXNAME ADDRESS
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Subtract the transaction fee from an output of a transaction in the wallet
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