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Script · Maintained 2026

CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY

BIP112 CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY works with relative locktime semantics to let scripts require a spend to wait for a relative number of blocks or time after the spent output confirms.

Context

Why it matters

BIP112 CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY works with relative locktime semantics to let scripts require a spend to wait for a relative number of blocks or time after the spent output confirms.

Canonical knowledge

What California Bitcoin maintains

  • BIP112 CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY works with relative locktime semantics to let scripts require a spend to wait for a relative number of blocks or time after the spent output confirms.

Primary and technical sources

Evidence before assertion
BIP112: CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY

Bitcoin BIPs

Tier 1 · primaryBIP68: Relative lock-time using consensus-enforced sequence numbers

Bitcoin BIPs

Tier 1 · primary

Related concepts

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Bitcoin ScriptCHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFYTransaction sequence
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