Learning-Bitcoin-from-the-Command-Line/5_0_Knowing_Transaction_Tricks.md

Chapter Five: Knowing Transaction Tricks

This chapter describes how to use a few tricks that supplement or improve the use of raw transaction from the command line using bitcoin-cli.

Objectives for This Section

After working through this chapter, a developer will be able to:

• Decide Whether RBF or CPFP Might Help a Transaction
• Use These Tricks to Free Up a Stuck Transaction
• Create Data as Part of a Transaction

Supporting objectives include the ability to:

• Understand the Mempool
• Experience How Miners Interact with Fees
• Plan for the Power of OP_RETURN

Table of Contents

• Part One: Resending a Transaction with RBF
• Part Two: Funding a Transaction with CPFP
• Part Three: Sending a Raw Transaction with Data