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 === Timelocks

-((("transactions", "advanced", "timelocks")))((("scripting", "timelocks", id="Stimelock07")))((("nLocktime field")))((("scripting", "timelocks", "uses for")))Timelocks are restrictions on transactions or outputs that only allow spending after a point in time. Bitcoin has had a transaction-level timelock feature from the beginning. It is implemented by the +nLocktime+ field in a transaction. Two new timelock features were introduced in late 2015 and mid-2016 that offer UTXO-level timelocks. These are +CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY+ and +CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY+.
+((("transactions", "advanced", "timelocks")))((("scripting", "timelocks", id="Stimelock07")))((("nLocktime field")))((("scripting", "timelocks", "uses for")))((("timelocks", "uses for")))Timelocks are restrictions on transactions or outputs that only allow spending after a point in time. Bitcoin has had a transaction-level timelock feature from the beginning. It is implemented by the +nLocktime+ field in a transaction. Two new timelock features were introduced in late 2015 and mid-2016 that offer UTXO-level timelocks. These are +CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY+ and +CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY+.

 Timelocks are useful for post-dating transactions and locking funds to a date in the future. More importantly, timelocks extend bitcoin scripting into the dimension of time, opening the door for complex multistep smart contracts.