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Ephemeral Anchors

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Ephemeral anchors adjust fee-bumping flows so temporary anchors improve package relay flexibility. They are tightly coupled to modern mempool package policy.

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Curated resources (3)

• Bitcoin Optech Topic: Ephemeral Anchors (article) Policy motivation and deployment details.
• BTC Transcripts: ephemeral-anchors (article) Design discussion and operational caveats.
• Bitcoin Optech Topic: Anchor Outputs (article) Context for fee-bumping mechanisms in Lightning commitments.

Direct prerequisites (2)

• Lightning Anchor Outputs
• Package Relay

Direct dependents (0)

• None

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