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Transactions · Maintained 2026

nLockTime

A transaction's nLockTime field can delay its finality until a specified block height or timestamp, subject to transaction sequence semantics and node policy.

Context

Why it matters

A transaction's nLockTime field can delay its finality until a specified block height or timestamp, subject to transaction sequence semantics and node policy.

Canonical knowledge

What California Bitcoin maintains

  • A transaction's nLockTime field can delay its finality until a specified block height or timestamp, subject to transaction sequence semantics and node policy.

Primary and technical sources

Evidence before assertion
Bitcoin Developer Documentation

Bitcoin.org

Tier — · technicalBIP65: CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY

Bitcoin BIPs

Tier 1 · primary

Related concepts

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Inputs and outputsCHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFYTransaction sequence
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