The nlocktime parameter in createrawtransaction seems not work using Bitcoin Core Wallet GUI

Question

If I add the CLocktime (e.g 20) at the end it always gives:

Error: Error parsing JSON:{"12CxqQHzhFxCm2TkGkKHdFFPyUerFXcSte":0.008,"1DBDDvpcHv66LD7sWz1mCitPALW1qfrga7":0.012},

If I delete the CLocktime at the end it will be ok. Have anyone has similar experience and know why?

This is the format I used, but not work: createrawtransaction "[{\"txid\":\"myid\",\"vout\":0}]" "{\"address\":0.01, \"address\":0.01} 20" — yrm23, May 27 at 20:01
20 is still nonsense. It will always be valid because we are past block 20. — Anonymous, May 28 at 9:11

Andrew Chow · Accepted Answer · 2019-05-28 04:50:02Z

You're putting the locktime in the wrong place. You have

"[{\"txid\":\"myid\",\"vout\":0}]" "{\"address\":0.01, \"address\":0.01} 20"

but it should really be

"[{\"txid\":\"myid\",\"vout\":0}]" "{\"address\":0.01, \"address\":0.01}" 20

The locktime is a separate parameter, not part of the quoted parameter that has the transaction outputs. It goes outside of those quotes.

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