Util RPCs#

CreateMultiSig#

The createmultisig RPC creates a P2SH multi-signature address.

Parameter #1—the number of signatures required

Name

Type

Presence

Description

Required

number (int)

Required
(exactly 1)

The minimum (m) number of signatures required to spend this m-of-n multisig script

Parameter #2—the full public keys

❗️ Deprecation Warning

As of Dash Core 0.17.0, using addresses with createmultisig is unsupported. Clients must use addmultisigaddress to create multisig addresses.

Name

Type

Presence

Description

Keys

array

Required
(exactly 1)

An array of strings with each string being a public key


Key

string

Required
(1 or more)

A public key against which signatures will be checked. There must be at least as many keys as specified by the Required parameter, and there may be more keys

Result—P2SH address and hex-encoded redeem script

Name

Type

Presence

Description

result

object

Required
(exactly 1)

An object describing the multisig address


address

string (base58)

Required
(exactly 1)

The P2SH address for this multisig redeem script


redeemScript

string (hex)

Required
(exactly 1)

The multisig redeem script encoded as hex

Example from Dash Core 0.16.0

Creating a 1-of-2 P2SH multisig address by combining two full public keys:

dash-cli -testnet createmultisig 1 '''
  [
    "03283a224c2c014d1d0ef82b00470b6b277d71e227c0e2394f9baade5d666e57d3",
    "02594523b004e82849a66b3da096b1e680bf2ed5f7d03a3443c027aa5777bb6223"
  ]
'''

Result:

{
  "address": "8jYUv8hJcbSUPbwYmzp1XMPU6SXoic3hwi",
  "redeemScript": "512103283a224c2c014d1d0ef82b00470b6b277d71e227c0e2394f9baade5d666e57d32102594523b004e82849a66b3da096b1e680bf2ed5f7d03a3443c027aa5777bb622352ae"
}

See also

DeriveAddresses#

Added in Dash Core 18.0.0

The deriveaddresses RPC derives one or more addresses corresponding to an output descriptor.

Examples of output descriptors are:

Descriptor format

Description

pkh(<pubkey>)

P2PKH outputs for the given pubkey

sh(multi(<n>,<pubkey>,<pubkey>,...))

P2SH-multisig outputs for the given threshold and pubkeys

raw(<hex script>)

Outputs whose scriptPubKey equals the specified hex scripts

In the above, either refers to a fixed public key in hexadecimal notation, or to an xpub/xprv optionally followed by one or more path elements separated by “/”, where “h” represents a hardened child key. For more information on output descriptors, see the documentation in the doc/descriptors.md file.

Parameter #1—the descriptor

Name

Type

Presence

Description

descriptor

string

Required
(exactly 1)

The descriptor

Parameter #2—range

Name

Type

Presence

Description

range

number

Optional
(0 or 1)

If a ranged descriptor is used, this specifies the end or the range (in [begin,end] notation) to derive (e.g. “[0,2]”).

Result—the derived addresses

Name

Type

Presence

Description

result

array

Required
(exactly 1)

Array of derived addresses


Address

string

Required
(0 or more)

The derived address(es)

Example from Dash Core 18.0.0

Analyse a descriptor:

dash-cli  deriveaddresses "pkh([8a54e0c5]0214889c34100d00aca6e7cbfe0fa72d83c28857585740bff5f3db6b37e51d9aaa)#wyvgzv2k"

Result:

[
  "yYvsn6vdnkeq9VG1JbkfqKbjv3gUmFmnny"
]

See also

EstimateSmartFee#

The estimatesmartfee RPC estimates the transaction fee per kilobyte that needs to be paid for a transaction to begin confirmation within a certain number of blocks and returns the number of blocks for which the estimate is valid.

Parameter #1—how many confirmations the transaction may wait before being included

Name

Type

Presence

Description

conf_target

number (int)

Required
(exactly 1)

Confirmation target in blocks (1 - 1008)

Parameter #2—estimate mode

Name

Type

Presence

Description

estimate_mode

string

Optional
Default=
CONSERVATIVE

The fee estimate mode. Whether to return a more conservative estimate which also satisfies a longer history. A conservative estimate potentially returns a higher feerate and is more likely to be sufficient for the desired target, but is not as responsive to short term drops in the prevailing fee market. Must be one of:
UNSET (defaults to CONSERVATIVE)
ECONOMICAL
CONSERVATIVE

Result—the fee the transaction needs to pay per kilobyte

Name

Type

Presence

Description

result

object

Required
(exactly 1)

JSON Object containing estimate information


feerate

number (Dash)

Optional
(0 or 1)

The estimated fee the transaction should pay in order to be included within the specified number of blocks. If the node doesn’t have enough information to make an estimate, this field will not be returned


error

JSON array (strings)

Optional
(0 or 1)

Errors encountered during processing


blocks

number

Required
(exactly 1)

Block number where the estimate was found

Examples from Dash Core 0.15.0

dash-cli estimatesmartfee 6

Result:

{
  "feerate": 0.00044345,
  "blocks": 6
}

Requesting data the node can’t calculate (out of range):

dash-cli estimatesmartfee 2

Result:

{
  "errors": [
    "Insufficient data or no feerate found"
  ],
  "blocks": 2
}

See also

  • SetTxFee: sets the transaction fee per kilobyte paid by transactions created by this wallet.

GetDescriptorInfo#

Added in Dash Core 18.0.0

The getdescriptorinfo RPC analyses a descriptor.

Parameter #1—the descriptor

Name

Type

Presence

Description

descriptor

string

Required
(exactly 1)

The descriptor

Result—the descriptor info

Name

Type

Presence

Description

result

object

Required
(exactly 1)

Information about the descriptor


descriptor

string

Required
(exactly 1)

The descriptor in canonical form, without private keys


checksum

string

Required
(exactly 1)

The checksum for the input descriptor


isrange

bool

Required
(exactly 1)

Whether the descriptor is ranged


issolvable

bool

Required
(exactly 1)

Whether the descriptor is solvable


hasprivatekeys

bool

Required
(exactly 1)

Whether the input descriptor contained at least one private key

Example from Dash Core 18.0.0

Analyse a descriptor:

dash-cli getdescriptorinfo "pkh([d34db33f/84h/0h/0h]0279be667ef9dcbbac55a06295Ce870b07029Bfcdb2dce28d959f2815b16f81798)"

Result:

{
  "descriptor": "pkh([d34db33f/84'/0'/0']0279be667ef9dcbbac55a06295ce870b07029bfcdb2dce28d959f2815b16f81798)#9ffuvyvv",
  "checksum": "yrc20h56",
  "isrange": false,
  "issolvable": true,
  "hasprivatekeys": false
}

See also

  • ScanTxOutset: signs a message with the private key of an address.

SignMessageWithPrivKey#

Added in Dash Core 0.12.3 / Bitcoin Core 0.13.0

The signmessagewithprivkey RPC signs a message with a given private key.

Parameter #1—the private key to sign with

Name

Type

Presence

Description

Private Key

string (base58)

Required
(exactly 1)

The private key to sign the message with encoded in base58check using wallet import format (WIF)

Parameter #2—the message to sign

Name

Type

Presence

Description

Message

string

Required
(exactly 1)

The message to sign

Result—the message signature

Name

Type

Presence

Description

result

string (base64)

Required
(exactly 1)

The signature of the message, encoded in base64.

Example from Dash Core 0.12.3

Sign a the message “Hello, World!” using the following private key:

dash-cli signmessagewithprivkey cNKbZBqUCjuBRSnAJWwFWxKESJ5Lw\
G4uxBSJ1UeBNBGVRupFKr6S "Hello, World!"

Result:

IBx8jxFjutPlcZcFdQPlA2n/B4yTrYhH43qYJURKRj7LWhSD0ERE/nnRLOnXi/gwULUcqfqOKqnqkSvuJjlgEvc=

See also

ValidateAddress#

The validateaddress RPC returns information about the given Dash address.

❗️

Breaking change(s) in Dash Core 18.0. See parameter and/or response information for details.

Parameter #1—a P2PKH or P2SH address

Name

Type

Presence

Description

Address

string (base58)

Required
(exactly 1)

The P2PKH or P2SH address to validate encoded in base58check format

Result—information about the address

🚧 Dash Core 0.17.0 Deprecations

Parts of this command have been deprecated and moved to the getaddressinfo RPC. Clients must transition to using getaddressinfo to access this information before upgrading to v18.0. The following deprecated fields have moved to getaddressinfo and will only be shown here with -deprecatedrpc=validateaddress: ismine, iswatchonly, script, hex, pubkeys, sigsrequired, pubkey, addresses, embedded, iscompressed, account, timestamp, hdkeypath.

Name

Type

Presence

Description

result

object

Required
(exactly 1)

Information about the address


isvalid

bool

Required
(exactly 1)

Set to true if the address is a valid P2PKH or P2SH address; set to false otherwise


address

string (base58)

Optional
(0 or 1)

The Dash address given as parameter


scriptPubKey

string (hex)

Optional
(0 or 1)

The hex encoded scriptPubKey generated by the address


isscript

bool

Optional
(0 or 1)

Set to true if a P2SH address; otherwise set to false. Only returned if the address is in the wallet


~~ismine~~

~~bool~~

~~Optional
(0 or 1)~~

Removed in Dash Core 0.17.0
~~Set to true if the address belongs to the wallet; set to false if it does not. Only returned if wallet support enabled~~


~~iswatchonly~~

~~bool~~

~~Optional
(0 or 1)~~

Removed in Dash Core 0.17.0
~~Set to true if the address is watch-only. Otherwise set to false. Only returned if address is in the wallet~~


~~script~~

~~string~~

~~Optional
(0 or 1)~~

Removed in Dash Core 0.17.0
~~Only returned for P2SH addresses belonging to this wallet. This is the type of script:
pubkey for a P2PK script inside P2SH
pubkeyhash for a P2PKH script inside P2SH
multisig for a multisig script inside P2SH
nonstandard for unknown scripts~~


~~hex~~

~~string (hex)~~

~~Optional
(0 or 1)~~

Removed in Dash Core 0.17.0
~~Only returned for P2SH addresses belonging to this wallet. This is the redeem script encoded as hex~~


~~addresses~~

~~array~~

~~Optional
(0 or 1)~~

Removed in Dash Core 0.17.0
~~Only returned for P2SH addresses belonging to the wallet. A P2PKH addresses used in this script, or the computed P2PKH addresses of any pubkeys in this script. This array will be empty for nonstandard script types~~

→ →
~~Address~~

~~string~~

~~Optional
(0 or more)~~

~~A P2PKH address~~


~~sigsrequired~~

~~number (int)~~

~~Optional
(0 or 1)~~

Removed in Dash Core 0.17.0
~~Only returned for multisig P2SH addresses belonging to the wallet. The number of signatures required by this script~~


~~pubkey~~

~~string (hex)~~

~~Optional
(0 or 1)~~

Removed in Dash Core 0.17.0
~~The public key corresponding to this address. Only returned if the address is a P2PKH address in the wallet~~


~~iscompressed~~

~~bool~~

~~Optional
(0 or 1)~~

Removed in Dash Core 0.17.0
~~Set to true if a compressed public key or set to false if an uncompressed public key. Only returned if the address is a P2PKH address in the wallet~~


~~account~~

~~string~~

~~Optional
(0 or 1)~~

Removed in Dash Core 0.17.0
~~The account this address belong to. May be an empty string for the default account. Only returned if the address belongs to the wallet~~


~~timestamp~~

~~number (int)~~

~~Optional
(0 or 1)~~

Removed in Dash Core 0.17.0
~~The creation time of the key if available in seconds since epoch (Jan 1 1970 GMT)~~


~~hdkeypath~~

~~string~~

~~Optional
(0 or 1)~~

Removed in Dash Core 0.17.0
~~The HD keypath if the key is HD and available~~


~~hdmasterkeyid~~

~~string (hash160)~~

~~Optional
(0 or 1)~~

Removed in Dash Core 0.17.0
~~The Hash160 of the HD master public key~~

Example from Dash Core 0.17.0

Validate the following P2PKH address from the wallet:

dash-cli validateaddress yNpezfFDfoikDuT1f4iK75AiLp2YLPsGAb

Result:

{
  "isvalid": true,
  "address": "yNpezfFDfoikDuT1f4iK75AiLp2YLPsGAb",
  "scriptPubKey": "76a9141b767409bd8717b56cfcb00747811432ab1aa8a788ac",
  "isscript": false
}

Validate the following P2SH multisig address from the wallet:

dash-cli -testnet validateaddress 8uJLxDxk2gEMbidF5vT8XLS2UCgQmVcroW

Result:

{
  "isvalid": true,
  "address": "8uJLxDxk2gEMbidF5vT8XLS2UCgQmVcroW",
  "scriptPubKey": "a914a33155e490d146e656a9bac2cbee9c625ef42f0a87",
  "isscript": true
}

See also

  • ImportAddress: adds an address or pubkey script to the wallet without the associated private key, allowing you to watch for transactions affecting that address or pubkey script without being able to spend any of its outputs.

  • GetNewAddress: returns a new Dash address for receiving payments. If an account is specified, payments received with the address will be credited to that account.

  • GetAddressInfo: returns information about the given Dash address.

VerifyMessage#

The verifymessage RPC verifies a signed message.

Parameter #1—the address corresponding to the signing key

Name

Type

Presence

Description

Address

string (base58)

Required
(exactly 1)

The P2PKH address corresponding to the private key which made the signature. A P2PKH address is a hash of the public key corresponding to the private key which made the signature. When the ECDSA signature is checked, up to four possible ECDSA public keys will be reconstructed from from the signature; each key will be hashed and compared against the P2PKH address provided to see if any of them match. If there are no matches, signature validation will fail

Parameter #2—the signature

Name

Type

Presence

Description

Signature

string (base64)

Required
(exactly 1)

The signature created by the signer encoded as base-64 (the format output by the signmessage RPC)

Parameter #3—the message

Name

Type

Presence

Description

Message

string

Required
(exactly 1)

The message exactly as it was signed (e.g. no extra whitespace)

Result: true, false, or an error

Name

Type

Presence

Description

result

boolean

Required
(exactly 1)

Set to true if the message was signed by a key corresponding to the provided P2PKH address; set to false if it was not signed by that key; set to JSON null if an error occurred

Example from Dash Core 0.12.2

Check the signature on the message created in the example for signmessage:

dash-cli -testnet verifymessage \
  yNpezfFDfoikDuT1f4iK75AiLp2YLPsGAb \
  H4XULzfHCf16In2ECk9Ta9QxQPq639zQto2JA3OLlo3JbUdrClvJ89+A1z+Z9POd6l8LJhn1jGpQYF8mX4jkQvE= \
  'Hello, World!'

Result:

true

See also

  • SignMessage: signs a message with the private key of an address.