The addmultisigaddress RPC adds an nrequired-to-sign multisignature address to the wallet.
addmultisigaddress nrequired ["key",...] ( "label" "address_type" )
*bitcoin-cli help addmultisigaddress
addmultisigaddress nrequired ["key",...] ( "label" "address_type" )
Add an 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 (json array, required) The bitcoin addresses or hex-encoded public keys
[
"key", (string) bitcoin address or hex-encoded public key
...
]
3. label (string, optional) A label to assign the addresses to.
4. address_type (string, optional, default=set by -addresstype) The address type to use. Options are "legacy", "p2sh-segwit", and "bech32".
Result:
{ (json object)
"address" : "str", (string) The value of the new multisig address
"redeemScript" : "hex", (string) The string value of the hex-encoded redemption script
"descriptor" : "str", (string) The descriptor for this multisig
"warnings" : [ (json array, optional) Any warnings resulting from the creation of this multisig
"str", (string)
...
]
}
Examples:
Add a multisig address from 2 addresses
> bitcoin-cli addmultisigaddress 2 "[\"bc1q09vm5lfy0j5reeulh4x5752q25uqqvz34hufdl\",\"bc1q02ad21edsxd23d32dfgqqsz4vv4nmtfzuklhy3\"]"
As a JSON-RPC call
> curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id": "curltest", "method": "addmultisigaddress", "params": [2, "[\"bc1q09vm5lfy0j5reeulh4x5752q25uqqvz34hufdl\",\"bc1q02ad21edsxd23d32dfgqqsz4vv4nmtfzuklhy3\"]"]}' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:8332/