createmultisig

util

v0.17.0

createmultisig nrequired ["key",...] ( "address_type" )

Creates a multi-signature address with n signature of m keys required.
It returns a json object with the address and redeemScript.

Arguments:
1. nrequired                    (numeric, required) The number of required signatures out of the n keys.
2. "keys"                       (string, required) A json array of hex-encoded public keys
     [
       "key"                    (string) The hex-encoded public key
       ,...
     ]
3. "address_type"               (string, optional) The address type to use. Options are "legacy", "p2sh-segwit", and "bech32". Default is legacy.

Result:
{
  "address":"multisigaddress",  (string) The value of the new multisig address.
  "redeemScript":"script"       (string) The string value of the hex-encoded redemption script.
}

Examples:

Create a multisig address from 2 public keys
> bitcoin-cli createmultisig 2 "[\\"03789ed0bb717d88f7d321a368d905e7430207ebbd82bd342cf11ae157a7ace5fd\\",\\"03dbc6764b8884a92e871274b87583e6d5c2a58819473e17e107ef3f6aa5a61626\\"]"

As a json rpc call
> curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "createmultisig", "params": [2, "[\\"03789ed0bb717d88f7d321a368d905e7430207ebbd82bd342cf11ae157a7ace5fd\\",\\"03dbc6764b8884a92e871274b87583e6d5c2a58819473e17e107ef3f6aa5a61626\\"]"] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:8332/