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Block which were successfully mined but which isn’t included on the current best block chain, likely because some other block at the same height had its chain extended first.
timelocks::
A Timelock is a type of encumbrance that restricts the spending of some bitcoin until a specified future time or block height. Timelocks feature prominently in many Bitcoin contracts, including payment channels and hashed timelock contracts.
A timelock is a type of encumbrance that restricts the spending of some bitcoin until a specified future time or block height. Timelocks feature prominently in many Bitcoin contracts, including payment channels and hashed timelock contracts.
transaction::
In simple terms, a transfer of bitcoin from one address to another. More precisely, a transaction is a signed data structure expressing a transfer of value. Transactions are transmitted over the bitcoin network, collected by miners, and included into blocks, made permanent on the blockchain.
Transaction Pool::
transaction pool::
An unordered collection of transactions that are not in blocks in the main chain, but for which we have input transactions.
Turing completeness::
A program language is called "Turing complete", if that it can run any program that a Turing machine can run given enough time and memory.
UTXO (aka Unspent Transaction Output)::
UTXO is an Unspent Transaction Output that can be spent as an input in a new transaction.
unspent transaction output (UTXO)::
UTXO is an unspent transaction output that can be spent as an input in a new transaction.
wallet::
Software that holds all your bitcoin addresses and secret keys. Use it to send, receive, and store your bitcoin.
WIF (aka Wallet Import Format)::
Wallet Import Format (WIF)::
WIF or Wallet Import Format is a data interchange format designed to allow exporting and importing a single private key with a flag indicating whether or not it uses a compressed public key.
Some contributed definitions have been sourced under a CC-BY license from the bitcoin Wiki (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Main_Page[https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Main_Page]), or from other open-source documentation sources.
Some contributed definitions have been sourced under a CC-BY license from the https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Main_Page[bitcoin Wiki] or from other open source documentation sources.