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Understanding nLock time in Bitcoin transactions.
by
Abbatty
on 26/05/2025, 13:52:26 UTC
⭐ Merited by Igebotz (4)
I've been trying to understand Bitcoin better, and I've got some questions about nLockTime and RBF. From my understanding, nLockTime is like a delay timer for transactions, and miners can't confirm them until the set time is reached. RBF lets you replace an unconfirmed transaction with a new one that has a higher fee. Also I understand that transaction with nLock time set can be replaced by a new transaction with RBF feature so far the set time is not yet reached and has a higher fee. I'm okay with that but I have two questions:

1. Can a transaction with nLockTime be replaced with a new one that has a different nLockTime value? What happens if it gets replaced?
2. If a transaction with nLockTime is stuck in the mempool because of low fees, can I use RBF to replace it with a new transaction that has a higher fee?

I for ask this question for main board but sometimes their explanations and terms used de dey too complex for easy understanding. Hope person fit help clarify this for me here.