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trezorctl Bitcoin transaction JSON format
Since version 0.11.2, trezorctl
allows fully offline signing of Bitcoin and
Bitcoin-like altcoin transactions encoded in a custom JSON structure. Starting with
version 0.11.6, this is the only supported format for signing.
Structure
The structure of the JSON matches the shape of the relevant protobuf messages. See file messages-bitcoin.proto for up-to-date structure.
The root is an object with the following attributes:
coin_name
: string representing the coin name as listed in coin defs. If missing,"Bitcoin"
is used.inputs
: array ofTxInputType
objects. Must be present.outputs
: array ofTxOutputType
objects. Must be present.details
: object whose keys correspond to metadata on theSignTx
type. Can be omitted.prev_txes
: object whose keys are hex-encoded transaction hashes, and values are objects of typeTransactionType
. When signing a transaction with non-SegWit inputs, each previous transaction must have an entry inprev_txes
. With pure SegWit transactions, this field can be omitted.
See definition of the respective object types in messages-bitcoin.proto for descriptions of individual fields.
Please note that the optional
keyword in the protobuf definition does not
indicate that the field can be omitted, nor does the default
extension mean that the
default value will be used if missing.
Derivation paths
A derivation path in the field address_n
is encoded as an array of numbers according
to the BIP-32 specification. Use trezorlib.tools.parse_path
to convert a string
derivation path to the corresponding array.
Inputs
enum InputScriptType {
SPENDADDRESS = 0; // standard P2PKH address
SPENDMULTISIG = 1; // P2SH multisig address
EXTERNAL = 2; // reserved for external inputs (coinjoin)
SPENDWITNESS = 3; // native SegWit
SPENDP2SHWITNESS = 4; // SegWit over P2SH (backward compatible)
}
message TxInputType {
repeated uint32 address_n = 1; // BIP-32 path to derive the key from master node
required bytes prev_hash = 2; // hash of previous transaction output to spend by this input
required uint32 prev_index = 3; // index of previous output to spend
optional bytes script_sig = 4; // script signature, unset for tx to sign
optional uint32 sequence = 5; // sequence (default=0xffffffff)
optional InputScriptType script_type = 6 ; // defines template of input script
optional MultisigRedeemScriptType multisig = 7; // Filled if input is going to spend multisig tx
optional uint64 amount = 8; // amount of previous transaction output
optional uint32 decred_tree = 9; // only for Decred
optional uint32 decred_script_version = 10; // only for Decred
}
Each input must have a derivation path (address_n
), prev_hash
and prev_index
refering to the output being spent, sequence
number, script_type
corresponding to
the desired signature type, and amount
.
The field script_sig
must not be set.
The field multisig
can be used for multisig inputs. Documenting the multisig structure is TBD. With regular inputs, multisig
must not be set.
decred
fields must only be set when relevant to your currency.
Outputs
enum OutputScriptType {
PAYTOADDRESS = 0; // string address output; change is a P2PKH address
PAYTOMULTISIG = 2; // change output is a multisig address
PAYTOOPRETURN = 3; // op_return
PAYTOWITNESS = 4; // change output is native SegWit
PAYTOP2SHWITNESS = 5; // change output is SegWit over P2SH
}
message TxOutputType {
optional string address = 1; // destination address in Base58 encoding
repeated uint32 address_n = 2; // derivation path for change address
required uint64 amount = 3; // amount to spend in satoshis
required OutputScriptType script_type = 4; // output script type
optional MultisigRedeemScriptType multisig = 5; // multisig output definition
optional bytes op_return_data = 6; // defines op_return data
optional uint32 decred_script_version = 7; // only for Decred
All outputs must have an amount
and a script_type
.
For normal (non-change) outputs, the field address
must be set to an address string,
and the script_type
must be set to "PAYTOADDRESS"
. address_n
must not be set.
For outputs returning change, address
must not be set, and address_n
must be a
derivation path of the desired change address. script_type
indicates the desired
address type of the change output.
For OP_RETURN
outputs, script_type
must be set to "PAYTOOPRETURN"
and
op_return_data
must be filled appropriately. address_n
and address
must not be
set.
decred
fields must only be set when relevant to your currency.
Transaction metadata
The following is a shortened definition of the SignTx
protobuf message, containing
all possible fields that are accepted in the details
object.
All fields are optional unless required by your currency.
message SignTx {
optional uint32 version = 4; // transaction version
optional uint32 lock_time = 5; // transaction lock_time
optional uint32 expiry = 6; // only for Decred and Zcash
optional uint32 version_group_id = 8; // only for Zcash, nVersionGroupId when overwintered is set
optional uint32 timestamp = 9; // only for Peercoin, transaction timestamp
optional uint32 branch_id = 10; // only for Zcash, BRANCH_ID when overwintered is set
}
Previous transactions
For inputs that do not use BIP-143 (SegWit) signing, each input transaction must have an
entry in the prev_txes
object. The following object definitions are used:
message TxInputType {
required bytes prev_hash = 2; // hash of previous transaction output to spend by this input
required uint32 prev_index = 3; // index of previous output to spend
optional bytes script_sig = 4; // script signature, unset for tx to sign
optional uint32 sequence = 5; // sequence (default=0xffffffff)
optional uint32 decred_tree = 9; // only for Decred
}
message TxOutputBinType {
required uint64 amount = 1;
required bytes script_pubkey = 2;
optional uint32 decred_script_version = 3; // only for Decred
}
message TransactionType {
optional uint32 version = 1;
repeated TxInputType inputs = 2;
repeated TxOutputBinType bin_outputs = 3;
optional uint32 lock_time = 4;
optional bytes extra_data = 8; // only for Zcash
optional uint32 expiry = 10; // only for Decred and Zcash
optional bool overwintered = 11; // only for Zcash
optional uint32 version_group_id = 12; // only for Zcash, nVersionGroupId when overwintered is set
optional uint32 timestamp = 13; // only for Peercoin, transaction timestamp
optional uint32 branch_id = 14; // only for Zcash, BRANCH_ID when overwintered is set
}
Encoding
Object types are encoded by a variant of proto3 JSON mapping. The following notable differences exist:
- due to the fact that Trezor protocol uses proto2, the logic for omitted fields is different. If a value is missing or null in JSON, it is considered unset for the corresponding protobuf.
- proto3 JSON mapping encodes
bytes
as Base64. The transaction format encodes them as hexadecimal strings. This will be changed in a future revision, but the hex strings will still be understood. - Field names are expected in
snake_case
, identical to the protobuf definition. In the future, support forcamelCase
field names will be added.
Otherwise the encoding is identical:
- numeric fields (
uint32
,uint64
) are encoded as JSON numbers bool
fields are encoded as JSON booleans (true
,false
)string
fields are encoded as JSON stringsbytes
fields are encoded as JSON strings with hex representation of the bytes contentrepeated
fields are JSON arrays of the inner typeenum
fields can be either a JSON number of the value, or a JSON string of the name- nested objects are JSON objects
Example
The JSON below encodes a transaction with the following inputs:
- e9cec1644db8fa95fe639a9b503a63ea587d2f4e480d3847703e3ec73adf6b5a output 0 (P2PKH address 1Jw5FrKhi2aWbbF4h3QRWLog5AjsJYGswv) at derivation path m/44h/0h/0h/0/282 amount 85 170 sat
- 1f545c0ca1f2c055e199c70457025c1e393edd013a274a976187115a5c601155 output 0 (P2SH-SegWit address 3DEAk9KGrgvj2gHQ1hyfCXus9hZr9K8Beh) at derivation path m/49h/0h/0h/0/55 amount 500 000 sat
And the following outputs:
- 12 345 sat to address 3DDEgt7quAq7XqoG6PjVXi1eeAea4rfWck
- 562 825 sat to a P2SH-SegWit change address at derivation path m/49h/0h/0h/1/99
- fee of 10 000 sat
(Note that Trezor does not support change addresses when mixing input types. The example
is designed purely to showcase the JSON structure. Usually, all inputs should have the
same script_type
.)
Transaction version is 2, other metadata is not set.
{
"coin_name": "Bitcoin",
"details": {
"version": 2
},
"inputs": [
{
"address_n": [
2147483692,
2147483648,
2147483648,
0,
282
],
"amount": 85170,
"prev_hash": "e9cec1644db8fa95fe639a9b503a63ea587d2f4e480d3847703e3ec73adf6b5a",
"prev_index": 0,
"script_type": "SPENDADDRESS",
"sequence": 4294967293
},
{
"address_n": [
2147483697,
2147483648,
2147483648,
0,
55
],
"amount": 500000,
"prev_hash": "1f545c0ca1f2c055e199c70457025c1e393edd013a274a976187115a5c601155",
"prev_index": 0,
"script_type": "SPENDP2SHWITNESS",
"sequence": 4294967293
}
],
"outputs": [
{
"address": "3DDEgt7quAq7XqoG6PjVXi1eeAea4rfWck",
"amount": 12345,
"script_type": "PAYTOADDRESS"
},
{
"address_n": [
2147483697,
2147483648,
2147483648,
1,
99
],
"amount": 562825,
"script_type": "PAYTOP2SHWITNESS"
}
],
"prev_txes": {
"e9cec1644db8fa95fe639a9b503a63ea587d2f4e480d3847703e3ec73adf6b5a": {
"bin_outputs": [
{
"amount": 85170,
"script_pubkey": "76a914c4b4272ca6d3b069dcf7afdda172a7dae677d4c988ac"
},
{
"amount": 2375277,
"script_pubkey": "a914115125511fa9f301ecdda8bb73401644c260c61b87"
}
],
"inputs": [
{
"prev_hash": "59ef8b5633c2a8bf0a21edcbc4b9f271572061f81d42b366fe3b8bc0ec68014e",
"prev_index": 1,
"script_sig": "1600149043ed42ab198d95067d8760c247f164c4933f3f",
"sequence": 4294967295
}
],
"lock_time": 0,
"version": 1
}
}
}