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You can take advantage of the CPFP incentives to free up funds that have been sent to you but have not been confirmed. Just use the unconfirmed transaction as UTXO and pay a higher-than-average transaction fee. You can take advantage of the CPFP incentives to free up funds that have been sent to you but have not been confirmed. Just use the unconfirmed transaction as UTXO and pay a higher-than-average transaction fee.
_What is the power of CPFP?_ Mostly, CPFP is just useful to get funds unstuck when you're the recipient and the sender isn't being helpful for whatever reason. It doesn't have the more powerful possibilities of RBF, but is an alternatve way to exert control over a transaction after it's been placed in the mempool, but before it's confirmed in a block. _What is the power of CPFP?_ Mostly, CPFP is just useful to get funds unstuck when you're the recipient and the sender isn't being helpful for whatever reason. It doesn't have the more powerful possibilities of RBF, but is an alternatve way to exert control over a transaction after it's been placed in the mempool, but before it's confirmed in a block.
## What's Next?
Advance through "bitcoin-cli" with [Chapter Six: Expanding Bitcoin Transactions](06_0_Expanding_Bitcoin_Transactions.md).