addmultisigaddress (0.17.99 RPC)
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addmultisigaddress nrequired ["key",...] ( "label" "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 ‘label’ is specified, assign address to that label.
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 |
[ |
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"address" |
string |
bitcoin address or hex-encoded public key |
..., |
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] |
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3. "label" |
string optional |
A label 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
{ |
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"address":"multisigaddress", |
string |
The value of the new multisig address. |
"redeemScript":"script" |
string |
The string value of the hex-encoded redemption script. |
} |
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/