The first multi-sig transaction in Bitcoin was in
block 170052. That happened in 07/03/2012.
That is
exactly one day before Bytecoin launched. Coincidence? I don't think so.
What may have happened is that Satoshi, Cornel West and the rest of the Bytecoin team got together over a beer and decided to push their new multisig technology onto the Bitcoin blockchain as a hint of the bigger things to come.
Duh. God you're stupid not to know this. Rethink your fucking strategy already.