How to Spend From a Multisig Address

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

Look up the preceding transaction by its hash.

$ bx fetch-tx f759759bc998ec96879e4ae8c1639e8a186e0d507401eb32e4479de64d340605

transaction
{
    hash f759759bc998ec96879e4ae8c1639e8a186e0d507401eb32e4479de64d340605
    inputs
    {
        input
        {
            address 1FLrh6Q1URcdSNKYCSnQwdpakpPPmwg7xd
            previous_output
            {
                hash 6098bb548c49dd9934650627f07f3bd62bf8f3cb4aab391edc0ea36fe82b1081
                index 0
            }
            script "[ 3045022100cf822811fb316a42844f8b30a5e1026ec8ab7df58e1b28a1a8cf2d6522f9390302204549cdcb6956bdfbea59698aea443281a208972fa02a6cb3f796aaa3191bff9601 ] [ 04f539b68ab0d5c0c75a78e81a86d76aafd83fa7978d55f347fb583a461af37b72babce7680b67e5760e6af74024e2526d8670d94158697b72f665a770f8fa58fe ]"
            sequence 4294967295
        }
    }
    lock_time 0
    outputs
    {
        output
        {
            address 1KDCjpWXE2VbFotygTQ4T3jThz65YmfEq6
            script "dup hash160 [ c7c10de3b95e020766d0c98d087a0cef2dfecbbe ] equalverify checksig"
            value 3999880000
        }
        output
        {
            address 3A6oGpJ5MzABAj9PofXKjcpTJCgYrdGBNJ
            script "hash160 [ 5c406de4915e37a7e71c7ef9bff42fbf1404daa0 ] equal"
            value 100000
        }
    }
    version 1
}