Feature: add account by public key
ddombrowsky opened this issue · 2 comments
Right now I cannot to add an account by public key only. This is useful in two main cases that I can think of:
- view only accounts
- accounts where you have signing power, but no secret key
The 2nd case is most useful for me.
As a work-around, is there a way to add this account manually to a config file somewhere?
Hey David!
I agree, but the first case doesn't have much priority, I'm afraid. For the multi-sig use case I have got good news for you!
Just today we merged the new multi-signature implementation that we will release in the next few days.
You will have to delete your co-signing accounts and re-import your their keys as dedicated co-signing key pairs, but you will then
- not need to own any XLM to be co-signer and
- you will "feel" no difference to having the actual multi-sig account (the account's master key pair) in your wallet.
The co-signer sees the balances, the transactions, can initiate payments, … just as if they created the multi-sig account all along.
I am gonna close this as the important use case is already being addressed as we speak 😉