addmultisigaddress nrequired ["key",...] ( "account" "address_type" )
Add a nrequired-to-sign multisignature address to the wallet. Requires a new wallet backup.
Each key is a Bitcoin address or hex-encoded public key.
This functionality is only intended for use with non-watchonly addresses.
See `importaddress` for watchonly p2sh address support.
If 'account' is specified (DEPRECATED), assign address to that account.
Arguments:
1. nrequired (numeric, required) The number of required signatures out of the n keys or addresses.
2. "keys" (string, required) A json array of bitcoin addresses or hex-encoded public keys
[
"address" (string) bitcoin address or hex-encoded public key
...,
]
3. "account" (string, optional) DEPRECATED. An account to assign the addresses to.
4. "address_type" (string, optional) The address type to use. Options are "legacy", "p2sh-segwit", and "bech32". Default is set by -addresstype.
Result:
{
"address":"multisigaddress", (string) The value of the new multisig address.
"redeemScript":"script" (string) The string value of the hex-encoded redemption script.
}
Result (DEPRECATED. To see this result in v0.16 instead, please start bitcoind with -deprecatedrpc=addmultisigaddress).
clients should transition to the new output api before upgrading to v0.17.
"address" (string) A bitcoin address associated with the keys.
Examples:
Add a multisig address from 2 addresses
> bitcoin-cli addmultisigaddress 2 "[\"16sSauSf5pF2UkUwvKGq4qjNRzBZYqgEL5\",\"171sgjn4YtPu27adkKGrdDwzRTxnRkBfKV\"]"
As json rpc call
> curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "addmultisigaddress", "params": [2, "[\"16sSauSf5pF2UkUwvKGq4qjNRzBZYqgEL5\",\"171sgjn4YtPu27adkKGrdDwzRTxnRkBfKV\"]"] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:8332/
