The Bitcoin Core 24.0 upgrade, a highly anticipated major release that gives users the option to implement replace-by-fee (RBF) logic, has finally gone live.
The upgrade alters how nodes download blocks when they sync with the network, acting as a memory pool for unconfirmed transactions.
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