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terms: ["unlock-time"]
summary: "a special transaction where the recipient can only spend the funds after a future date, as set by the sender"
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### The Basics

A special transaction where the recipient can only spend the funds after a future date, as set by the sender.

Unlock time allows you to send a transaction to someone, such that they can not spend it until after a certain number of blocks, or until a certain time.

Note that this works differently than Bitcoin's [nLockTime](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/NLockTime), in which the transaction is not valid until the given time.
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			`terms: ["unlock-time"]`
			`summary: "a special transaction where the recipient can only spend the funds after a future date, as set by the sender"`
			`---`

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add arabic localization 2018-07-16 13:13:48 +00:00			`### The Basics`

			`A special transaction where the recipient can only spend the funds after a future date, as set by the sender.`

			`Unlock time allows you to send a transaction to someone, such that they can not spend it until after a certain number of blocks, or until a certain time.`

			`Note that this works differently than Bitcoin's [nLockTime](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/NLockTime), in which the transaction is not valid until the given time.`