Create a 2-of-3 multisig raw transaction

You almost have it, you just need to make sure you are creating a transaction with an output that your wallet can sign.

Example (on regtest)

bitcoin-cli -regtest addmultisigaddress 2 '["02983a79d2de8e504d00ddd2343b582acef7e17ed91b308ade8dff027a92e7716d","03548ca1916957bc06dd1c6e3639ebf7b2c3c8b1715915433c1d37cab56fb26ef0","0218a240a599ba437cb1458966eb456d9f848e5bdef45ea0ee4ec31fc40aa4ffa8"]'

{
  "address": "2NA1HC31wqFexbpp8bGB6rsMR5Lz9SrUKkt",
  "redeemScript": "522102983a79d2de8e504d00ddd2343b582acef7e17ed91b308ade8dff027a92e7716d2103548ca1916957bc06dd1c6e3639ebf7b2c3c8b1715915433c1d37cab56fb26ef0210218a240a599ba437cb1458966eb456d9f848e5bdef45ea0ee4ec31fc40aa4ffa853ae"
}

bitcoin-cli -regtest getnewaddress

2NAsEawSCjsjJjtAZcpP9jhXojqNUevjo63

bitcoin-cli -regtest generatetoaddress 110 2NAsEawSCjsjJjtAZcpP9jhXojqNUevjo63

[
  "7e974615714bdcee6f4c69ea158b92fe2c0b728742110737e7ff13d9e8eb49ad",
  ...
]

bitcoin-cli -regtest listunspent

[
  ...
  {
    "txid": "9c9298a5d7ceca73f657110c0222ee606324263694d59722a2194b22ccc8b0ff",
    "vout": 0,
    "address": "2NAsEawSCjsjJjtAZcpP9jhXojqNUevjo63",
    "label": "",
    "redeemScript": "0014821824c23b9c82fa639789bc3314194d1e44ec4a",
    "scriptPubKey": "a914c1499c99d26f5bb7101f1213747bf730c4b9346287",
    "amount": 50.00000000,
    "confirmations": 102,
    "spendable": true,
    "solvable": true,
    "desc": "sh(wpkh([29b8db74/0'/0'/0']03557ff8751b55175307c0550460694dfe3c84598672fe5b9c53dca71bcb9122ee))#25k8n2ql",
    "safe": true
  }
]

bitcoin-cli -regtest createrawtransaction '[{"txid" : "9c9298a5d7ceca73f657110c0222ee606324263694d59722a2194b22ccc8b0ff","vout":0}]' '{"2NA1HC31wqFexbpp8bGB6rsMR5Lz9SrUKkt":49.999}'

0200000001ffb0c8cc224b19a22297d5943626246360ee22020c1157f673caced7a598929c0000000000ffffffff01606b042a0100000017a914b7d6fcff0fe015a393f8baee424ba82c4e18c6d48700000000

bitcoin-cli -regtest signrawtransactionwithwallet 0200000001ffb0c8cc224b19a22297d5943626246360ee22020c1157f673caced7a598929c0000000000ffffffff01606b042a0100000017a914b7d6fcff0fe015a393f8baee424ba82c4e18c6d48700000000

{
  "hex": "02000000000101ffb0c8cc224b19a22297d5943626246360ee22020c1157f673caced7a598929c0000000017160014821824c23b9c82fa639789bc3314194d1e44ec4affffffff01606b042a0100000017a914b7d6fcff0fe015a393f8baee424ba82c4e18c6d487024730440220249224a99d24a0ae1d91328ea2e8da0936916ea31a28e35013de003af72f658d02201c48618283ac00a8c5b362e8ade530f4cfacd396a99ab78081cea2d18ad8d165012103557ff8751b55175307c0550460694dfe3c84598672fe5b9c53dca71bcb9122ee00000000",
  "complete": true
}

bitcoin-cli -regtest sendrawtransaction 02000000000101ffb0c8cc224b19a22297d5943626246360ee22020c1157f673caced7a598929c0000000017160014821824c23b9c82fa639789bc3314194d1e44ec4affffffff01606b042a0100000017a914b7d6fcff0fe015a393f8baee424ba82c4e18c6d487024730440220249224a99d24a0ae1d91328ea2e8da0936916ea31a28e35013de003af72f658d02201c48618283ac00a8c5b362e8ade530f4cfacd396a99ab78081cea2d18ad8d165012103557ff8751b55175307c0550460694dfe3c84598672fe5b9c53dca71bcb9122ee00000000

8b0cd4413dad3e1f02f7344236ba4b3d1994c3cd3bbdda1acc9b2d2c0e184453

JBaczuk

Posted 2019-07-26T12:59:23.473

Reputation: 6 172

Thank you very much!! Could you please also tell me what would I do differently if I did not want P2SH but a simple locking script? – Δήμητρα Γεωργίου – 2019-07-26T16:23:05.617

no problem! I don't think there is a built-in way to do that in Bitcoin Core, you'll have to use createrawtransaction but instead of using address in the output section, use raw hex data that you've created with the raw scripts: https://bitcoincore.org/en/doc/0.18.0/rpc/rawtransactions/createrawtransaction/

– JBaczuk – 2019-07-26T16:37:16.463

so it will be something like this: bitcoin-cli -regtest createrawtransaction "[{\"txid\":\"9c9298a5d7ceca73f657110c0222ee606324263694d59722a2194b22ccc8b0ff\",\"vout\":0}]" "[{\"data\":hex}]". Do you also know how would I state the amount of BTC spent and what is this hexadecimal value? Again thank you so much! – Δήμητρα Γεωργίου – 2019-07-26T16:56:00.823

Yeah, but that's a lot more involved, you could search for how a transaction is built and how multisig scripts are built – JBaczuk – 2019-07-26T17:03:31.913

are you using the Bitcoin Core cli, or looking for a step by step in terms of how it is done? – JBaczuk – 2019-07-26T13:08:10.970

Thank you for answering. I tried with bitcoin-cli but I could not continue. I have done this: createmultisig 2 '["02983a79d2de8e504d00ddd2343b582acef7e17ed91b308ade8dff027a92e7716d","03548ca1916957bc06dd1c6e3639ebf7b2c3c8b1715915433c1d37cab56fb26ef0","0218a240a599ba437cb1458966eb456d9f848e5bdef45ea0ee4ec31fc40aa4ffa8"]'......./bitcoind createrawtransaction '[{"txid" : "d6f72aab8ff86ff6289842a0424319bf2ddba85dc7c52757912297f948286389","vout":0}]' '{"3DjMQ5f21bGg2LBhxwHAMW1MzoKH8TJ8eS":1}' – Δήμητρα Γεωργίου – 2019-07-26T13:30:18.313

that should work, what is the issue? – JBaczuk – 2019-07-26T13:45:37.560

I do not know how to continue. I have to sign it then I think but I cannot use signrawtransaction. I have to use another one but I got stuck. – Δήμητρα Γεωργίου – 2019-07-26T14:00:35.227

Create a 2-of-3 multisig raw transaction

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