How do you spend a P2SH transaction?

I've been running into a lot of trouble getting a transaction to spend coins in a multisig address.

I create the raw transaction When I go to sign, I get "Operation not valid with the correct stack size"

I'm using core, and the codes are here.

First, check if it's good.

bitcoin-cli decoderawtransaction 0100000001d2aba456546be8f5223802112637e484c5d94118dfe560fa23de06fb37e621dd0000000000ffffffff01107a0700000000001976a914a4f29e1c8f592021fd79eda1be85c96a9a8d349a88ac00000000
{
    "txid" : "e71006c60dbfa2793710d5cf866d1b6b89ba80bc41634031d927738c40ae8228",
    "version" : 1,
    "locktime" : 0,
    "vin" : [
        {
            "txid" : "dd21e637fb06de23fa60e5df1841d9c584e4372611023822f5e86b5456a4abd2",
            "vout" : 0,
            "scriptSig" : {
                "asm" : "",
                "hex" : ""
            },
            "sequence" : 4294967295
        }
    ],
    "vout" : [
        {
            "value" : 0.00490000,
            "n" : 0,
            "scriptPubKey" : {
                "asm" : "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 a4f29e1c8f592021fd79eda1be85c96a9a8d349a OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
                "hex" : "76a914a4f29e1c8f592021fd79eda1be85c96a9a8d349a88ac",
                "reqSigs" : 1,
                "type" : "pubkeyhash",
                "addresses" : [
                    "1G3ATq31k5SrGdqucXKqA9dHbzS3wJHzbc"
                ]
            }
        }
    ]
}

And then we go to sign.

bitcoin-cli signrawtransaction 0100000001d2aba456546be8f5223802112637e484c5d94118dfe560fa23de06fb37e621dd0000000000ffffffff01107a0700000000001976a914a4f29e1c8f592021fd79eda1be85c96a9a8d349a88ac00000000
{
    "hex" : "0100000001d2aba456546be8f5223802112637e484c5d94118dfe560fa23de06fb37e621dd000000009200483045022100eaae5737ab000f614ce73da11ba456b4467cf640ed881fd1fa90183d1d28c2e8022066c78bf750ae0a175f6ef116ecc3e4a0c18eda1aff9c951952f8f6e45a3521ad0147522102908921b30aa37fe6e522c528cca0ebcda9f0df4019301fa45bc3b3c7df60245a2103559dc92d6e44a98080d487e585b93278106249a166795584ae554a4275f059b752aeffffffff01107a0700000000001976a914a4f29e1c8f592021fd79eda1be85c96a9a8d349a88ac00000000",
    "complete" : false,
    "errors" : [
        {
            "txid" : "dd21e637fb06de23fa60e5df1841d9c584e4372611023822f5e86b5456a4abd2",
            "vout" : 0,
            "scriptSig" : "00483045022100eaae5737ab000f614ce73da11ba456b4467cf640ed881fd1fa90183d1d28c2e8022066c78bf750ae0a175f6ef116ecc3e4a0c18eda1aff9c951952f8f6e45a3521ad0147522102908921b30aa37fe6e522c528cca0ebcda9f0df4019301fa45bc3b3c7df60245a2103559dc92d6e44a98080d487e585b93278106249a166795584ae554a4275f059b752ae",
            "sequence" : 4294967295,
            "error" : "Operation not valid with the current stack size"
        }
    ]
}

I'm using https://gist.githubusercontent.com/gavinandresen/3966071/raw/ca21870c190ba0e90c1a30673e790ef5acd207d2/TwoOfThree.sh for reference.

Drazisil

Posted 2015-08-31T02:27:47.803

Reputation: 348

Do you have all of the keys necessary to spend this output? This looks like it signed with some of the keys, but you need another. – Nick ODell – 2015-08-31T02:41:25.853

Is that what it means? I didnt even think that it signed part, it seems to give no sign of partial success. yes, i only have one of the required keys, but what part of that shows it partly signed? – Drazisil – 2015-08-31T02:49:43.753

Well, it's longer. – Nick ODell – 2015-08-31T02:50:18.890

1Thank you so much! Please, write up an answer and I will accept. What genius decided to code such a user-unfriendlt 'success' – Drazisil – 2015-08-31T03:04:55.733

3To further clarify, for future viewers, you can tell that the tx is partly signed by running the returned hash though decoderawtransaction and noting that you now have content in the vin scriptsig field. It really should have a message saying it was partly signed, but it doesn't. – Drazisil – 2015-08-31T03:49:20.287

@Drazisil Why do I get content in the scriptsig of vin? – Shabahat M. Ayubi – 2017-03-31T15:40:55.407

How do you spend a P2SH transaction?

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