https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/12823/proper-transaction-signing
const Web3 = require('web3'); const Tx = require('ethereumjs-tx'); const config = require('./config'); const web3 = new Web3(new Web3.providers.HttpProvider(config.provider)); //link provided by Infura.io web3.eth.defaultAccount = "0xc929c890f1398d5c1ecdf4f9ecec016906ac9f7f"; const getNonce = () => { return new Promise((resolve, reject) => { web3.eth.getTransactionCount(web3.eth.defaultAccount, (error, result) => { if(error) reject(error); resolve(web3.toHex(result)); }) }) } const getGasPrice = () => { return new Promise((resolve, reject) => { web3.eth.getGasPrice((error, result) => { if(error) reject(error); resolve(web3.toHex(result.toNumber())); }) }) } const sendRawTransaction = (rawTx) => { const privateKey = "190b820c2627f26fd1b973b72dcba78ff677ca4395c64a4a2d0f4ef8de36883c"; const tx = new Tx(rawTx); const privateKeyBuffer = Buffer.from(privateKey, 'hex'); tx.sign(privateKeyBuffer); const serializedTx = tx.serialize(); web3.eth.sendRawTransaction('0x' + serializedTx.toString('hex'), function(err, hash) { console.log('Error:', err); console.log('Hash:', hash); }); } Promise.all([getNonce(), getGasPrice()]) .then(values => { const rawTx = { to: '0x203D17B4a1725E001426b7Ab3193E6657b0dBcc6', gasLimit: web3.toHex(1000000), value: web3.toHex(web3.toWei('0.1', 'ether')), nonce: values[0], gasPrice: values[1] }; console.log(rawTx); return(rawTx); }) .then(sendRawTransaction) .catch(e => console.log(e))