<p>No.  A "multisig address" is really a hash of a redeem script encoded as a P2SH address.  Redeem scripts can't be nested, which means you can't include one redeem script inside another redeem script, so it is impossible to implement the feature you describe under current Bitcoin consensus rules.</p>

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<p>Can a multisig address creation process use other multisig addresses as signers to result in a new multisig address</p>

<p>Would this also result in a greater number of signers to be necessary to approve a result/transaction?</p>

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# Multisig created from Multisig address

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-11-18)

Can a multisig address creation process use other multisig addresses as signers to result in a new multisig address

Would this also result in a greater number of signers to be necessary to approve a result/transaction?

**Tags:** p2sh, multi-signature


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-11-18. Score: 6 | Accepted answer

No. A "multisig address" is really a hash of a redeem script encoded as a P2SH address. Redeem scripts can't be nested, which means you can't include one redeem script inside another redeem script, so it is impossible to implement the feature you describe under current Bitcoin consensus rules.


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