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Ryan Shea (ryan-shea)
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Replace By Fee (RBF)
Ryan Shea (ryan-shea); Gareth James (gjradar)
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Replace-By-Fee (RBF)

Overview

Replace-by-fee replaces one version of an unconfirmed transaction with a different version that pays a higher transaction fee. Often, RBF comes into play when a particular transaction is desired to be confirmed faster.

Details

Bitcoin supports the concept that an unconfirmed transaction may be modified and reissued. Transaction replacement has been a critical element of the Bitcoin protocol since inception.

When a user replaces a transaction by fee, the previous transaction outputs and inputs are kept -- the only difference is a higher fee as an incentive for miners.

Resources

Replace by Fee, Bitcoin Wiki

References

[1] https://bitcoin.org/en/glossary/rbf

[2] https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0125.mediawiki