createmultisig

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Summary

Creates a multi-signature address with n signatures of m keys required.

Description

Creates a multi-signature address with n signatures of m keys required. It returns a json object with the address and redeemScript. Disabled on chains that enforce P2MR-only outputs.

Arguments

  • nrequired (NUM, required): The number of required signatures out of the m keys.
  • keys (ARR, required): The hex-encoded public keys.
  • key (STR_HEX): The hex-encoded public key
  • address_type (STR): The address type to use on unrestricted regtest (-p2mronly=0). Options are "legacy", "p2sh-segwit", and "bech32".

Results

  • value (OBJ): No description.
  • address (STR): The value of the new multisig address.
  • redeemScript (STR_HEX): The string value of the hex-encoded redemption script.
  • descriptor (STR): The descriptor for this multisig
  • warnings (ARR, optional): Any warnings resulting from the creation of this multisig
    • value (STR): No description.

Examples

Create a multisig address from 2 public keys

qbit-cli createmultisig 2 "[\"03789ed0bb717d88f7d321a368d905e7430207ebbd82bd342cf11ae157a7ace5fd\",\"03dbc6764b8884a92e871274b87583e6d5c2a58819473e17e107ef3f6aa5a61626\"]"

As a JSON-RPC call

curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": "curltest", "method": "createmultisig", "params": [2, ["03789ed0bb717d88f7d321a368d905e7430207ebbd82bd342cf11ae157a7ace5fd","03dbc6764b8884a92e871274b87583e6d5c2a58819473e17e107ef3f6aa5a61626"]]}' -H 'content-type: application/json' http://127.0.0.1:8352/