<p>Each input has its own and unique signature. This allows users to forge advanced transactions, such as offline signing where each participant agrees to provide inputs separately.</p>

<p>Even if all inputs belong to the same address, each one is signed separately (with the same private key in this case).</p>

<p>Oh, and multisignature addresses (P2SH, pay-to-script-hash) allow several signatures per input too!</p>

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That makes sense. I had read about multiparty signatures so I should have thought of that.
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<p>In the question <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/18502/is-there-a-way-to-prove-ownership-of-a-transaction">"Is there a way to prove ownership of a transaction?"</a> the statement was made "A (regular) transaction must be signed with the private keys of the addresses of all the inputs".</p>

<p>Does that imply that a transaction has multiple signatures or is a single signature just encryted with multiple private keys?</p>

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Does a transaction have multiple signatures
Keith Wolters
# Does a transaction have multiple signatures

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-01-10)

In the question ["Is there a way to prove ownership of a transaction?"](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/18502/is-there-a-way-to-prove-ownership-of-a-transaction) the statement was made "A (regular) transaction must be signed with the private keys of the addresses of all the inputs".

Does that imply that a transaction has multiple signatures or is a single signature just encryted with multiple private keys?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-01-10. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

Each input has its own and unique signature. This allows users to forge advanced transactions, such as offline signing where each participant agrees to provide inputs separately.

Even if all inputs belong to the same address, each one is signed separately (with the same private key in this case).

Oh, and multisignature addresses (P2SH, pay-to-script-hash) allow several signatures per input too!

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: That makes sense. I had read about multiparty signatures so I should have thought of that.  

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