ethereum transaction template

https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/50042/why-does-sendsignedtransaction-return-a-tx-hash-but-does-not-post-to-the-rinkeby

window.web3 = new Web3(new Web3.providers.HttpProvider(endpoint));

sendEther() {
    const fromAccount = **acct1**;
    const toAccount   = **acct2**;

    const rawTransaction    = this.makeRawTransaction(fromAccount, toAccount);
    const signedTransaction = this.makeSignedTransaction(rawTransaction);
    const serializedTransaction = `0x${signedTransaction.serialize().toString('hex')}`;

    window.web3.eth.sendSignedTransaction(serializedTransaction, (error, result) => {
        if(!error) {
          console.log(`Transaction hash is: ${result}`);
          this.setState({
            etherscanUrl: `https://rinkeby.etherscan.io/tx/${result}`,
            error: null
          });

        } else {
          this.setState({ error: error.message })
          console.error(error);
        }
    });
  }

  makeSignedTransaction(rawTransaction) {
    const privateKey   = '**************';
    const privateKeyX  = new Buffer(privateKey, 'hex');
    const transaction  = new EthTx(rawTransaction);
    transaction.sign(privateKeyX);

    return transaction;
  }

  makeRawTransaction(fromAccount, toAccount) {
    const { exchangeRate } = this.props;
    const amount = (1 / exchangeRate) * 5;

    return ({
      nonce: window.web3.utils.toHex(window.web3.eth.getTransactionCount(fromAccount)),
      to: toAccount,
      gasPrice: window.web3.utils.toHex(100000000000),
      gasLimit: window.web3.utils.toHex(100000),
      value: window.web3.utils.toHex(window.web3.utils.toWei(`${amount}`, 'ether')),
      data: ''
    });
  }