BIPs bitcoin improvement proposals

125 - Opt-in Full Replace-by-Fee Signaling

BIP: 125 Layer: Applications Title: Opt-in Full Replace-by-Fee Signaling Author: David A. Harding Peter Todd Comments-Summary: No comments yet. Comments-URI: https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/wiki/Comments:BIP-0125 Status: Proposed Type: Standards Track Created: 2015-12-04 License: PD ==Abstract== Many nodes today will not replace any transaction in their mempool with another transaction that spends the same inputs, making it difficult for spenders to adjust their previously-sent transactions to deal with unexpected confirmation delays or to perform other useful replacements. The opt-in full Replace-by-Fee (opt-in full-RBF) signaling policy described here allows spenders to add a signal to a transaction indicating that they want to be able to replace that transaction in the future. In response to this signal, * Nodes may allow transactions containing this signal to be replaced in their mempools. * The recipient or recipients of a transaction containing this s...