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createmultisig

createmultisig nrequired ["key",...]

Creates a multi-signature address with n signature of m keys required. It returns a json object with the address and redeemScript.

# Create a multisig address from 2 addresses
yerbas-cli createmultisig 2 "[\"Xt4qk9uKvQYAonVGSZNXqxeDmtjaEWgfrs\",\"XoSoWQkpgLpppPoyyzbUFh1fq2RBvW6UK1\"]"

Arguments​

ArgumentTypeDescription
"address"(string)The base58check encoded address
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 keys which are yerbas addresses or hex-encoded public keys
     [
       "key"    (string) yerbas address or hex-encoded public key
       ,...
     ]

Output​

ResultTypeDescription
.........
Result:
{
  "address":"multisigaddress",  (string) The value of the new multisig address.
  "redeemScript":"script"       (string) The string value of the hex-encoded redemption script.
}

Examples​

curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "createmultisig", "params": [2, "[\"Xt4qk9uKvQYAonVGSZNXqxeDmtjaEWgfrs\",\"XoSoWQkpgLpppPoyyzbUFh1fq2RBvW6UK1\"]"] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:9998/