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# Raw transaction API example work-through
# Send coins to a 2-of-3 multisig, then spend them.
#
# For this example, I'm using these three keypairs (public/private)
# 0491bba2510912a5bd37da1fb5b1673010e43d2c6d812c514e91bfa9f2eb129e1c183329db55bd868e209aac2fbc02cb33d98fe74bf23f0c235d6126b1d8334f86 / 5JaTXbAUmfPYZFRwrYaALK48fN6sFJp4rHqq2QSXs8ucfpE4yQU
# 04865c40293a680cb9c020e7b1e106d8c1916d3cef99aa431a56d253e69256dac09ef122b1a986818a7cb624532f062c1d1f8722084861c5c3291ccffef4ec6874 / 5Jb7fCeh1Wtm4yBBg3q3XbT6B525i17kVhy3vMC9AqfR6FH2qGk
# 048d2455d2403e08708fc1f556002f1b6cd83f992d085097f9974ab08a28838f07896fbab08f39495e15fa6fad6edbfb1e754e35fa1c7844c41f322a1863d46213 / 5JFjmGo5Fww9p8gvx48qBYDJNAzR9pmH5S389axMtDyPT8ddqmw
# First: combine the three keys into a multisig address:
./bitcoind createmultisig 2 '["0491bba2510912a5bd37da1fb5b1673010e43d2c6d812c514e91bfa9f2eb129e1c183329db55bd868e209aac2fbc02cb33d98fe74bf23f0c235d6126b1d8334f86","04865c40293a680cb9c020e7b1e106d8c1916d3cef99aa431a56d253e69256dac09ef122b1a986818a7cb624532f062c1d1f8722084861c5c3291ccffef4ec6874","048d2455d2403e08708fc1f556002f1b6cd83f992d085097f9974ab08a28838f07896fbab08f39495e15fa6fad6edbfb1e754e35fa1c7844c41f322a1863d46213"]'
{
"address" : "3QJmV3qfvL9SuYo34YihAf3sRCW3qSinyC",
"redeemScript" : "52410491bba2510912a5bd37da1fb5b1673010e43d2c6d812c514e91bfa9f2eb129e1c183329db55bd868e209aac2fbc02cb33d98fe74bf23f0c235d6126b1d8334f864104865c40293a680cb9c020e7b1e106d8c1916d3cef99aa431a56d253e69256dac09ef122b1a986818a7cb624532f062c1d1f8722084861c5c3291ccffef4ec687441048d2455d2403e08708fc1f556002f1b6cd83f992d085097f9974ab08a28838f07896fbab08f39495e15fa6fad6edbfb1e754e35fa1c7844c41f322a1863d4621353ae"
}
# Next, create a transaction to send funds into that multisig. Transaction d6f72... is
# an unspent transaction in my wallet (which I got from the 'listunspent' RPC call):
./bitcoind createrawtransaction '[{"txid" : "d6f72aab8ff86ff6289842a0424319bf2ddba85dc7c52757912297f948286389","vout":0}]' '{"3QJmV3qfvL9SuYo34YihAf3sRCW3qSinyC":0.01}'
010000000189632848f99722915727c5c75da8db2dbf194342a0429828f66ff88fab2af7d60000000000ffffffff0140420f000000000017a914f815b036d9bbbce5e9f2a00abd1bf3dc91e955108700000000
# ... and sign it:
./bitcoind signrawtransaction 010000000189632848f99722915727c5c75da8db2dbf194342a0429828f66ff88fab2af7d60000000000ffffffff0140420f000000000017a914f815b036d9bbbce5e9f2a00abd1bf3dc91e955108700000000
{
"hex" : "010000000189632848f99722915727c5c75da8db2dbf194342a0429828f66ff88fab2af7d6000000008b483045022100abbc8a73fe2054480bda3f3281da2d0c51e2841391abd4c09f4f908a2034c18d02205bc9e4d68eafb918f3e9662338647a4419c0de1a650ab8983f1d216e2a31d8e30141046f55d7adeff6011c7eac294fe540c57830be80e9355c83869c9260a4b8bf4767a66bacbd70b804dc63d5beeb14180292ad7f3b083372b1d02d7a37dd97ff5c9effffffff0140420f000000000017a914f815b036d9bbbce5e9f2a00abd1bf3dc91e955108700000000",
"complete" : true
}
# Now, create a transaction that will spend that multisig transaction. First, I need the txid
# of the transaction I just created, so:
./bitcoind decoderawtransaction 010000000189632848f99722915727c5c75da8db2dbf194342a0429828f66ff88fab2af7d6000000008b483045022100abbc8a73fe2054480bda3f3281da2d0c51e2841391abd4c09f4f908a2034c18d02205bc9e4d68eafb918f3e9662338647a4419c0de1a650ab8983f1d216e2a31d8e30141046f55d7adeff6011c7eac294fe540c57830be80e9355c83869c9260a4b8bf4767a66bacbd70b804dc63d5beeb14180292ad7f3b083372b1d02d7a37dd97ff5c9effffffff0140420f000000000017a914f815b036d9bbbce5e9f2a00abd1bf3dc91e955108700000000
{
"txid" : "3c9018e8d5615c306d72397f8f5eef44308c98fb576a88e030c25456b4f3a7ac",
... etc, rest omitted to make this shorter
}
# Create the spend-from-multisig transaction. Since the fund-the-multisig transaction
# hasn't been sent yet, I need to give txid, scriptPubKey and redeemScript:
./bitcoind createrawtransaction '[{"txid":"3c9018e8d5615c306d72397f8f5eef44308c98fb576a88e030c25456b4f3a7ac","vout":0,"scriptPubKey":"a914f815b036d9bbbce5e9f2a00abd1bf3dc91e9551087","redeemScript":"52410491bba2510912a5bd37da1fb5b1673010e43d2c6d812c514e91bfa9f2eb129e1c183329db55bd868e209aac2fbc02cb33d98fe74bf23f0c235d6126b1d8334f864104865c40293a680cb9c020e7b1e106d8c1916d3cef99aa431a56d253e69256dac09ef122b1a986818a7cb624532f062c1d1f8722084861c5c3291ccffef4ec687441048d2455d2403e08708fc1f556002f1b6cd83f992d085097f9974ab08a28838f07896fbab08f39495e15fa6fad6edbfb1e754e35fa1c7844c41f322a1863d4621353ae"}]' '{"1GtpSrGhRGY5kkrNz4RykoqRQoJuG2L6DS":0.01}'
0100000001aca7f3b45654c230e0886a57fb988c3044ef5e8f7f39726d305c61d5e818903c0000000000ffffffff0140420f00000000001976a914ae56b4db13554d321c402db3961187aed1bbed5b88ac00000000
# ... Now I can partially sign it using one private key:
./bitcoind signrawtransaction '0100000001aca7f3b45654c230e0886a57fb988c3044ef5e8f7f39726d305c61d5e818903c0000000000ffffffff0140420f00000000001976a914ae56b4db13554d321c402db3961187aed1bbed5b88ac00000000' '[{"txid":"3c9018e8d5615c306d72397f8f5eef44308c98fb576a88e030c25456b4f3a7ac","vout":0,"scriptPubKey":"a914f815b036d9bbbce5e9f2a00abd1bf3dc91e9551087","redeemScript":"52410491bba2510912a5bd37da1fb5b1673010e43d2c6d812c514e91bfa9f2eb129e1c183329db55bd868e209aac2fbc02cb33d98fe74bf23f0c235d6126b1d8334f864104865c40293a680cb9c020e7b1e106d8c1916d3cef99aa431a56d253e69256dac09ef122b1a986818a7cb624532f062c1d1f8722084861c5c3291ccffef4ec687441048d2455d2403e08708fc1f556002f1b6cd83f992d085097f9974ab08a28838f07896fbab08f39495e15fa6fad6edbfb1e754e35fa1c7844c41f322a1863d4621353ae"}]' '["5JaTXbAUmfPYZFRwrYaALK48fN6sFJp4rHqq2QSXs8ucfpE4yQU"]'
{
"hex" : "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",
"complete" : false
}
# ... and then take the "hex" from that and complete the 2-of-3 signatures using one of
# the other private keys (note the "hex" result getting longer):
./bitcoind signrawtransaction '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' '[{"txid":"3c9018e8d5615c306d72397f8f5eef44308c98fb576a88e030c25456b4f3a7ac","vout":0,"scriptPubKey":"a914f815b036d9bbbce5e9f2a00abd1bf3dc91e9551087","redeemScript":"52410491bba2510912a5bd37da1fb5b1673010e43d2c6d812c514e91bfa9f2eb129e1c183329db55bd868e209aac2fbc02cb33d98fe74bf23f0c235d6126b1d8334f864104865c40293a680cb9c020e7b1e106d8c1916d3cef99aa431a56d253e69256dac09ef122b1a986818a7cb624532f062c1d1f8722084861c5c3291ccffef4ec687441048d2455d2403e08708fc1f556002f1b6cd83f992d085097f9974ab08a28838f07896fbab08f39495e15fa6fad6edbfb1e754e35fa1c7844c41f322a1863d4621353ae"}]' '["5JFjmGo5Fww9p8gvx48qBYDJNAzR9pmH5S389axMtDyPT8ddqmw"]'
{
"hex" : "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",
"complete" : true
}
# And I can send the funding and spending transactions:
./bitcoind sendrawtransaction 010000000189632848f99722915727c5c75da8db2dbf194342a0429828f66ff88fab2af7d6000000008b483045022100abbc8a73fe2054480bda3f3281da2d0c51e2841391abd4c09f4f908a2034c18d02205bc9e4d68eafb918f3e9662338647a4419c0de1a650ab8983f1d216e2a31d8e30141046f55d7adeff6011c7eac294fe540c57830be80e9355c83869c9260a4b8bf4767a66bacbd70b804dc63d5beeb14180292ad7f3b083372b1d02d7a37dd97ff5c9effffffff0140420f000000000017a914f815b036d9bbbce5e9f2a00abd1bf3dc91e955108700000000
3c9018e8d5615c306d72397f8f5eef44308c98fb576a88e030c25456b4f3a7ac
./bitcoind sendrawtransaction 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
837dea37ddc8b1e3ce646f1a656e79bbd8cc7f558ac56a169626d649ebe2a3ba
# You can see these transactions at:
# http://blockchain.info/address/3QJmV3qfvL9SuYo34YihAf3sRCW3qSinyC
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@lfcook11 (and other people coming here in the future) If you remember the date and the amount you sent, you can use a block explorer search engine.

I Googled "search bitcoin transaction by date" and found this Stack Overflow answer:

Suppose I want to search for a transaction of exactly 445 BTC in the date range 27 July 2013 and Aug 3rd 2013 ... is there an (online?) tool that has this kind of search capabilities?

Blockchair allow you to query the bitcoin blockchain with lots of parameter such as date, BTC output amount, fee amount etc...

Here is your request: https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/transactions?q=time(2013-07-27..2013-08-03),output_total(44500000000)#

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