An instruction to trade only at a specified price or better, without guaranteeing execution.
Limit order is best understood as part of a system rather than as an isolated definition. Its related coordinates show the mechanisms, incentives and historical records that give the term practical meaning.
Limit order describes how participants value, trade or obtain exposure to bitcoin. Market behavior can affect adoption and mining economics, but it does not rewrite consensus rules. Price evidence and protocol evidence answer different questions.
Understanding Limit order helps distinguish a verifiable Bitcoin mechanism or historical record from slogans, products and market narratives.
For the clearest picture, read this entry together with Market order, Bid–ask spread, Lightning liquidity, Slippage. The reverse links also lead from Market order, Spot market, Order book, Stop order.
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Grounded in a source record
Explains function and trade-offs
Part of the open Bitcoin knowledge graph