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addmultisigaddress

Command#

pacprotocol-cli addmultisigaddress nrequired ["key",...] ( "label" )

Add a nrequired-to-sign multisignature address to the wallet. Requires a new wallet backup. Each key is a PAC 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#

nrequired *#

(numeric, required)

The number of required signatures out of the n keys or addresses.

keys *#

(string, required)

A json array of PAC addresses or hex-encoded public keys

[
"address" (string) PAC address or hex-encoded public key
...,
]

label#

(string, optional)

A label to assign the addresses to.

Examples#

Add a multisig address from 2 addresses

pacprotocol-cli addmultisigaddress 2 "[\"Xt4qk9uKvQYAonVGSZNXqxeDmtjaEWgfrS\",\"XoSoWQkpgLpppPoyyzbUFh1fq2RBvW6UK2\"]"

As json rpc call

curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "addmultisigaddress", "params": [2, "[\"Xt4qk9uKvQYAonVGSZNXqxeDmtjaEWgfrS\",\"XoSoWQkpgLpppPoyyzbUFh1fq2RBvW6UK2\"]"] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:1111/

Result#

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

Running following help command

pacprotocol-cli help addmultisigaddress

Will produce following output:

addmultisigaddress nrequired ["key",...] ( "label" )
Add a nrequired-to-sign multisignature address to the wallet. Requires a new wallet backup.
Each key is a PAC 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" (string, required) A json array of PAC addresses or hex-encoded public keys
[
"address" (string) PAC address or hex-encoded public key
...,
]
3. "label" (string, optional) A label to assign the addresses to.
Result:
{
"address":"multisigaddress", (string) The value of the new multisig address.
"redeemScript":"script" (string) The string value of the hex-encoded redemption script.
}
Examples:
Add a multisig address from 2 addresses
> pacprotocol-cli addmultisigaddress 2 "[\"Xt4qk9uKvQYAonVGSZNXqxeDmtjaEWgfrS\",\"XoSoWQkpgLpppPoyyzbUFh1fq2RBvW6UK2\"]"
As json rpc call
> curl --user myusername --data-binary '{"jsonrpc": "1.0", "id":"curltest", "method": "addmultisigaddress", "params": [2, "[\"Xt4qk9uKvQYAonVGSZNXqxeDmtjaEWgfrS\",\"XoSoWQkpgLpppPoyyzbUFh1fq2RBvW6UK2\"]"] }' -H 'content-type: text/plain;' http://127.0.0.1:1111/