Signing Documents

After wrapping the documents and obtaining a merkle root, the documents are ready to be signed on the document store smart contract. Each documents will be signed individually, and the proof of the signature will be appended into the signed documents.

Signing the documents

open-attestation sign ./wrapped-documents --od ./signed-documents --public-key did:ethr:0xaCc51f664D647C9928196c4e33D46fd98FDaA91D#controller --key 0x7b227ac59116f3eeb2b265422cf3cbfbd244c525961fb297eb52153ec62aa845

In the example above:

• public-key the public key used to bind the wallet address with the DNS location
• key is the wallet private key, generated when creating the wallet

✔ success Signed documents saved to ./signed-documents

Verifying the documents

Head to dev.tradetrust.io and drag and drop one of the wrapped documents. The document will be verified, then displayed.

🎉 Congratulations, you have completed the getting started guide to create your own Verifiable Document!