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How to Spend From a Multisig Address

Eric Voskuil edited this page May 7, 2015 · 16 revisions

This example is a continuation of How to Create a Multisig Address.

Send 0.001 bitcoins (100000 satoshis) to the multisig address 3A6oGpJ5MzABAj9PofXKjcpTJCgYrdGBNJ using any Bitcoin wallet.

View the example transaction on blockchain.info.

Confirm Receipt of Bitcoin

Look up the balance of the multisig address.

$ bx fetch-balance 3A6oGpJ5MzABAj9PofXKjcpTJCgYrdGBNJ
balance
{
    address 3A6oGpJ5MzABAj9PofXKjcpTJCgYrdGBNJ
    confirmed 100000
    received 100000
    unspent 100000
}

Notice that balance.confirmed shows that the transaction has at least one confirmation.

Create a Transaction to Spend from the Multisig Address

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