P2SH Multisig, P2SH Multisig Output
This definition comes from the technical glossary.
Definition
A P2SH output where the redeem script uses one of the multisig opcodes. Up until Bitcoin Core 0.10.0, P2SH multisig scripts were standard transactions, but most other P2SH scripts were not.
Synonyms
- P2SH multisig
Not To Be Confused With
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Multisig pubkey scripts (also called “bare multisig”, these multisig scripts don’t use P2SH encapsulation)
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P2SH (general P2SH, of which P2SH multisig is a specific instance that was special cased up until Bitcoin Core 0.10.0)
Links
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P2SH multisig — Developer Guide
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BIP16: pay to script hash — Bitcoin Improvement Proposals
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What are the limits of bare multisig and P2SH multisig? — Bitcoin StackExchange