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@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ When a locktime transaction is waiting to go into a block, it can be cancelled.
_What is nLockTime?_ It's the same thing as locktime. More specifically, it's what locktime is called internal to the Bitcoin Core source code.
_What is Timelock?_ Locktime is just one way to lock Bitcoin transactions until some point in the future; collectively these methods are called timelocks. Locktime is covered here because it's the most basic timelock method. It locks an entire transaction, and it's available through `bitcoin-cli`. A second timelock method is called CheckLockTimeVerify, which is based on [BIP 65](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0065.mediawiki). It locks up outputs rather than whole transactions. A third timelock method is called a relative timelock, which allows for timelocks based on when funds were acquired. The CheckSequenceVerify opcode, which is based on [BIP 68](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0068.mediawiki), [BIP 112](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0112.mediawiki), and [BIP 113](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0113.mediawiki), locks transactions based on relative times. Only Locktime is covered here, because it's the only one curently available through `bitcoin-cli`.
_What is Timelock?_ Locktime is just one way to lock Bitcoin transactions until some point in the future; collectively these methods are called timelocks. Locktime is the most basic timelock method. It locks an entire transaction with an absolute time, and it's available through `bitcoin-cli` (which is why it's the only timelock covered in this section). A parallel method, which locks a transaction with a relative time is defined in [BIP 68](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0068.mediawiki) and covered in [§9.3: Using CSV in Scripts](9_3_Using_CSV_in_Scripts.md). Bitcoin Script further empowers both sorts of timelocks, allowing for the locking of individual outputs instead of entire transactions. Absolute timelocks are linked to OP_CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY, which is defined in [BIP 65](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0065.mediawiki) and covered in [§9.2: Using CLTV in Scripts](9_2_Using_CLTV_in_Scripts.md), while relative timelocks are linked to OP_CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY, which is defined in [BIP 112](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0112.mediawiki) and also covered in [§9.3](9_3_Using_CSV_in_Scripts.md).
## Create a Locktime Transaction