<p>Blockchain doesn't currently offer that and the only way to construct a transaction like that is to build it manually.  So as a result both the sender and each recipient must have l33t skills.</p>

<p>This capability will come, it is just that since that was introduced, scalability had to take priority over new features for most Bitcoin development.</p>

<p>They happen but rarely.  Here's an example of Bitcoin address used recently (March 5, 2013) in an escrow transaction:</p>

<p>,- <a href="http://blockchain.info/address/13MH4zmU4UT4Ct6BhoRFGjigC8gN9a9FNn" rel="nofollow">http://blockchain.info/address/13MH4zmU4UT4Ct6BhoRFGjigC8gN9a9FNn</a></p>

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2013-03-16T19:35:31.973Z
2013-03-16T19:35:31.973Z
Stephen Gornick
<p>Here is nice statistics <a href="http://webbtc.com/stats" rel="nofollow">http://webbtc.com/stats</a> of different script type</p>

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2014-08-02T08:37:52.950Z
But not how many multi-signature transaction, or am I missing something?
Mathias711
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2014-08-02T11:20:01.297Z
Do you want the number if msig outputs? 87477 right now. Or are you looking for the number of multisignature scriptSigs in the blockchain? In other words: fundings or spendings?
amaclin
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2014-08-01T15:04:28.463Z
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amaclin
<p>I wrote some analysis of the multisig P2SH transactions in the blockchain; <a href="http://www.coindesk.com/year-multisig-so-far/" rel="nofollow">http://www.coindesk.com/year-multisig-so-far/</a> Around April this year there were like 7,000 transactions. I have the frequency per 2500 blocks, showing a nice histogram of their increasing usage, and also the top 4 address types (2-of-3, 2-of-2, etc).</p>

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2014-08-08T20:07:51.543Z
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karimkorun
<p>I have read <a href="https://blockchain.info/wallet/escrow" rel="nofollow">here</a> about the possibility of Multi-signature transactions. Is there a statistic available how much of these are done?</p>

<multi-signature><escrow>
How much escrow/ Multi-signature transactions are done?
user599464
# How much escrow/ Multi-signature transactions are done?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-03-16)

I have read [here](https://blockchain.info/wallet/escrow) about the possibility of Multi-signature transactions. Is there a statistic available how much of these are done?

**Tags:** multi-signature, escrow


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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-03-16. Score: 3

Blockchain doesn't currently offer that and the only way to construct a transaction like that is to build it manually. So as a result both the sender and each recipient must have l33t skills.

This capability will come, it is just that since that was introduced, scalability had to take priority over new features for most Bitcoin development.

They happen but rarely. Here's an example of Bitcoin address used recently (March 5, 2013) in an escrow transaction:

,- <http://blockchain.info/address/13MH4zmU4UT4Ct6BhoRFGjigC8gN9a9FNn>


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### Answer by username_2 on 2014-08-01. Score: 0

Here is nice statistics <http://webbtc.com/stats> of different script type

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: But not how many multi-signature transaction, or am I missing something?  
> **username_2**: Do you want the number if msig outputs? 87477 right now. Or are you looking for the number of multisignature scriptSigs in the blockchain? In other words: fundings or spendings?  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2014-08-08. Score: 0

I wrote some analysis of the multisig P2SH transactions in the blockchain; <http://www.coindesk.com/year-multisig-so-far/> Around April this year there were like 7,000 transactions. I have the frequency per 2500 blocks, showing a nice histogram of their increasing usage, and also the top 4 address types (2-of-3, 2-of-2, etc).


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