How does vin[] have to look like with multiple inputs in a raw transaction?

Question

I've successfully created, signed an broadcasted a raw transaction. But this transaction had just one input. Now I would like to create a raw transaction where I take the funds from multiple transactions.

Here are the UTXOs of the from address:

{
    "address": "msJaKN7KCGARZrKWyy169GzztFLx7aTRBf",
    "amount": 0.001,
    "confirmations": 19,
    "label": "",
    "safe": true,
    "scriptPubKey": "76a914814a2c0bb0d155667341be55633e7351a7d5c57888ac",
    "solvable": false,
    "spendable": false,
    "txid": "0f5d09f4fa14f664e8fd55222e2e1e030afa0cf3b131d77e3bba7ef2a48a5580",
    "vout": 0
}
{
    "address": "msJaKN7KCGARZrKWyy169GzztFLx7aTRBf",
    "amount": 0.69735717,
    "confirmations": 16,
    "label": "",
    "safe": true,
    "scriptPubKey": "76a914814a2c0bb0d155667341be55633e7351a7d5c57888ac",
    "solvable": false,
    "spendable": false,
    "txid": "05ab7541fb9549707a8c467bc401a80e68461a4e31c416daf9f78169210a33d4",
    "vout": 1
}
{
    "address": "msJaKN7KCGARZrKWyy169GzztFLx7aTRBf",
    "amount": 0.01783446,
    "confirmations": 1031,
    "label": "",
    "safe": true,
    "scriptPubKey": "76a914814a2c0bb0d155667341be55633e7351a7d5c57888ac",
    "solvable": false,
    "spendable": false,
    "txid": "ccd36c5467ad0d9d1fa4f4d081020c066f1fa7ab9b734d9b0cc90b491eeeabdc",
    "vout": 0
}
{
    "address": "msJaKN7KCGARZrKWyy169GzztFLx7aTRBf",
    "amount": 0.005,
    "confirmations": 409,
    "label": "",
    "safe": true,
    "scriptPubKey": "76a914814a2c0bb0d155667341be55633e7351a7d5c57888ac",
    "solvable": false,
    "spendable": false,
    "txid": "7a2c020179f721b5321b58d3fcbb2988dbe4db905e174e918bd936a4e8a10ff8",
    "vout": 1
}

My unsigned raw transactions looks like this:

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

{
    "error": null,
    "id": "1",
    "result": {
        "hash": "c705c781ba6e131ec419582908ef607b628276948bd90f0d136b29a3c9524ff7",
        "locktime": 0,
        "size": 342,
        "txid": "c705c781ba6e131ec419582908ef607b628276948bd90f0d136b29a3c9524ff7",
        "version": 1,
        "vin": [
            {
                "scriptSig": {
                    "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 814a2c0bb0d155667341be55633e7351a7d5c578 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
                    "hex": "76a914814a2c0bb0d155667341be55633e7351a7d5c57888ac"
                },
                "sequence": 4294967295,
                "txid": "0f5d09f4fa14f664e8fd55222e2e1e030afa0cf3b131d77e3bba7ef2a48a5580",
                "vout": 0
            },
            {
                "scriptSig": {
                    "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 814a2c0bb0d155667341be55633e7351a7d5c578 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
                    "hex": "76a914814a2c0bb0d155667341be55633e7351a7d5c57888ac"
                },
                "sequence": 4294967295,
                "txid": "05ab7541fb9549707a8c467bc401a80e68461a4e31c416daf9f78169210a33d4",
                "vout": 1
            },
            {
                "scriptSig": {
                    "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 814a2c0bb0d155667341be55633e7351a7d5c578 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
                    "hex": "76a914814a2c0bb0d155667341be55633e7351a7d5c57888ac"
                },
                "sequence": 4294967295,
                "txid": "ccd36c5467ad0d9d1fa4f4d081020c066f1fa7ab9b734d9b0cc90b491eeeabdc",
                "vout": 0
            },
            {
                "scriptSig": {
                    "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 814a2c0bb0d155667341be55633e7351a7d5c578 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
                    "hex": "76a914814a2c0bb0d155667341be55633e7351a7d5c57888ac"
                },
                "sequence": 4294967295,
                "txid": "7a2c020179f721b5321b58d3fcbb2988dbe4db905e174e918bd936a4e8a10ff8",
                "vout": 1
            }
        ],
        "vout": [
            {
                "n": 0,
                "scriptPubKey": {
                    "addresses": [
                        "moinqaiuWShfsemB9nGcAGFZNMa3ZwPMq6"
                    ],
                    "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 59fe1a9f9f0a5af33396c59990f064be1ca51274 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
                    "hex": "76a91459fe1a9f9f0a5af33396c59990f064be1ca5127488ac",
                    "reqSigs": 1,
                    "type": "pubkeyhash"
                },
                "value": 0.7
            },
            {
                "n": 1,
                "scriptPubKey": {
                    "addresses": [
                        "msJaKN7KCGARZrKWyy169GzztFLx7aTRBf"
                    ],
                    "asm": "OP_DUP OP_HASH160 814a2c0bb0d155667341be55633e7351a7d5c578 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG",
                    "hex": "76a914814a2c0bb0d155667341be55633e7351a7d5c57888ac",
                    "reqSigs": 1,
                    "type": "pubkeyhash"
                },
                "value": 0.02099163
            }
        ],
        "vsize": 342,
        "weight": 1368
    }
}

I don't really know how the vin has to look like. My solution is obviously wrong.

How do the vins in the unsigned transaction to look like?

How do the vins in the signed transaction have to look like?

Answer 1

Firstly, the raw unsigned transaction shouldn't actually have anything in the scriptSigs. They should be empty. You only add stuff to them during the signing process, then remove whatever was added.

For multiple inputs, each input actually signs its own input specific version of the transaction. For the input you are currently signing, you put the scriptPubKey of the output that input spends into the scriptSig as you did previously (and are doing now). However all of the other inputs need to have blank scriptSigs (i.e. they are 00). So what you currently have is incorrect.

The result is that input 0 has its own "version" of the unsigned transaction where its scriptSig has the output's scriptPubKey and inputs 1, 2, and 3 have blank scriptSigs. Then you have another version for input 1 that has its output's scriptPubKey in the scriptSig and blank scriptSigs for inputs 0, 1, and 2. And so on for each input.

The keys involved in each input just sign their input's "version" of the transaction.

Answer 2

You can refer to the documentation here: https://bitcoincore.org/en/doc/0.18.0/rpc/rawtransactions/createrawtransaction/

Inputs are a JSON array of JSON objects

[] = array
{} = object
[{}] = object in array

From the documentation:

createrawtransaction [{"txid":"hex","vout":n,"sequence":n},...]

The sequence is optional and ellipses ... is where you would put your second input object so

createrawtransaction [{"txid":"hex","vout":n},{"txid":"hex","vout":n}]

Each new input requires a new {}object in the array. Please note the above wouldn't work without an output which I left out the output portion as this example was just for multiple inputs.

Below is a full example with two inputs and one output (beware of your change!) in testnet

createrawtransaction [{"txid":"1e1a0111ac4a918066d16180e397dea5537f934af1b4924105d27df48719b2c9","vout":0},{"txid":"c3877645f62f91b6fd5016ce9124acdc16b0a52f3b311c143a9e40e59618611b","vout":0}] [{"2N3peQ73BXhG9GDNVdAvWYpGBZZmr2ZqFeV":0.01}]