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Fee Sponsorship

protocol.fee-sponsorship

Fee sponsorship lets one party help another transaction confirm without directly modifying the original spend. It is part of a broader package-relay design space for contract reliability.

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Curated resources (3)

• Bitcoin Optech Topic: Fee Sponsorship (article) Current proposals and policy constraints for sponsorship schemes.
• Bitcoin Optech Topic: Fee Sourcing (article) Related techniques for externalizing fees and improving reliability.
• Bitcoin Optech Topic: Package Relay (article) Relay-level mechanics required by sponsorship patterns.

Direct prerequisites (1)

• Child Pays for Parent (CPFP)

Direct dependents (0)

• None

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