diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/core/TransactionOutput.java b/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/core/TransactionOutput.java
index 9481ed21..73d3c2cf 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/core/TransactionOutput.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/core/TransactionOutput.java
@@ -153,6 +153,15 @@ public class TransactionOutput extends ChildMessage implements Serializable {
         return value;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the value of this output in nanocoins.
+     */
+    public void setValue(BigInteger value) {
+        checkNotNull(value);
+        unCache();
+        this.value = value;
+    }
+
     int getIndex() {
         checkNotNull(parentTransaction);
         for (int i = 0; i < parentTransaction.getOutputs().size(); i++) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/core/Utils.java b/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/core/Utils.java
index b9d3effd..c692b332 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/core/Utils.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/core/Utils.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.security.MessageDigest;
 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
 
@@ -447,6 +448,15 @@ public class Utils {
         return out;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates a copy of bytes and appends b to the end of it
+     */
+    public static byte[] appendByte(byte[] bytes, byte b) {
+        byte[] result = Arrays.copyOf(bytes, bytes.length + 1);
+        result[result.length - 1] = b;
+        return result;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Attempts to parse the given string as arbitrary-length hex or base58 and then return the results, or null if
      * neither parse was successful.
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/script/Script.java b/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/script/Script.java
index fef9b724..7f82c693 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/script/Script.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/script/Script.java
@@ -345,8 +345,12 @@ public class Script {
         }
         return sigOps;
     }
-    
-    static int decodeFromOpN(byte opcode) {
+
+    /**
+     * Converts an opcode to its int representation
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException If the opcode is not an OP_N opcode
+     */
+    public static int decodeFromOpN(byte opcode) throws IllegalArgumentException {
         return decodeFromOpN((int)opcode);
     }
     static int decodeFromOpN(int opcode) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/script/ScriptBuilder.java b/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/script/ScriptBuilder.java
index c86273ad..6b6fe836 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/script/ScriptBuilder.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/script/ScriptBuilder.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import com.google.bitcoin.core.Address;
 import com.google.bitcoin.core.ECKey;
 import com.google.bitcoin.core.Transaction;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import com.google.bitcoin.core.Utils;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -78,22 +79,16 @@ public class ScriptBuilder {
         return new ScriptBuilder().data(key.getPubKey()).op(OP_CHECKSIG).build();
     }
 
-    private static byte[] appendByte(byte[] buf, byte flags) {
-        byte[] result = Arrays.copyOf(buf, buf.length + 1);
-        result[result.length - 1] = flags;
-        return result;
-    }
-
     /** Creates a scriptSig that can redeem a pay-to-address output. */
     public static Script createInputScript(ECKey.ECDSASignature signature, ECKey pubKey, int sigHashFlags) {
         byte[] pubkeyBytes = pubKey.getPubKey();
-        byte[] sigBytes = appendByte(signature.encodeToDER(), (byte) sigHashFlags);
+        byte[] sigBytes = Utils.appendByte(signature.encodeToDER(), (byte) sigHashFlags);
         return new ScriptBuilder().data(sigBytes).data(pubkeyBytes).build();
     }
 
     /** Creates a scriptSig that can redeem a pay-to-pubkey output. */
     public static Script createInputScript(ECKey.ECDSASignature signature, int sigHashFlags) {
-        byte[] sigBytes = appendByte(signature.encodeToDER(), (byte) sigHashFlags);
+        byte[] sigBytes = Utils.appendByte(signature.encodeToDER(), (byte) sigHashFlags);
         return new ScriptBuilder().data(sigBytes).build();
     }
 
@@ -119,7 +114,17 @@ public class ScriptBuilder {
         ScriptBuilder builder = new ScriptBuilder();
         builder.smallNum(0);  // Work around a bug in CHECKMULTISIG that is now a required part of the protocol.
         for (ECKey.ECDSASignature signature : signatures)
-            builder.data(appendByte(signature.encodeToDER(),(byte) ((sigHash.ordinal() + 1) | (anyoneCanPay ? 0x80 : 0))));
+            builder.data(Utils.appendByte(signature.encodeToDER(),(byte) ((sigHash.ordinal() + 1) | (anyoneCanPay ? 0x80 : 0))));
+        return builder.build();
+    }
+
+    /** Create a program that satisfies an OP_CHECKMULTISIG program, for when the signatures may not have the same SIGHASH/anyoneCanPay flags */
+    public static Script createMultiSigInputScript(List<byte[]> signatures) {
+        checkArgument(signatures.size() <= 16);
+        ScriptBuilder builder = new ScriptBuilder();
+        builder.smallNum(0);  // Work around a bug in CHECKMULTISIG that is now a required part of the protocol.
+        for (byte[] signature : signatures)
+            builder.data(signature);
         return builder.build();
     }
 }