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@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ _Why Would I Use a Blockheight?_ Unlike with timestamps, there's no fuzziness fo
> **WARNING:** If you want to set a block height locktime, you must set the locktime to less than 500 million. If you set it to 500 million or over, your number will instead be interpreted as a timestamp. Since the UNIX timestamp of 500 million was November 5, 1985, that probably means that your transaction will be put into a block at the miners' first opportunity. > **WARNING:** If you want to set a block height locktime, you must set the locktime to less than 500 million. If you set it to 500 million or over, your number will instead be interpreted as a timestamp. Since the UNIX timestamp of 500 million was November 5, 1985, that probably means that your transaction will be put into a block at the miners' first opportunity.
### Write Your Transaction ## Write Your Transaction
Once you have figured out your locktime, all you need to do is write up a typical raw transaction, with a third variable for `locktime`: Once you have figured out your locktime, all you need to do is write up a typical raw transaction, with a third variable for `locktime`:
``` ```
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> **WARNING:** If you are creating a locktime raw transaction by some other means than `bitcoin-cli`, you will have to set the sequence to less than 0xffffffff by hand. > **WARNING:** If you are creating a locktime raw transaction by some other means than `bitcoin-cli`, you will have to set the sequence to less than 0xffffffff by hand.
### Send Your Transaction ## Send Your Transaction
By now you're probably well familiar with finishing things up: By now you're probably well familiar with finishing things up:
``` ```