Relaying and evaluating related transactions together so fee-bumping children can help low-fee parents propagate and confirm.
Package relay 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.
Package relay sits between protocol rules, economic incentives and software operated by independent participants. In Bitcoin, no component is authoritative by itself: miners propose history, fully validating nodes enforce validity, and users decide which rules and software they accept.
Understanding Package relay helps distinguish a verifiable Bitcoin mechanism or historical record from slogans, products and market narratives.
For the clearest picture, read this entry together with Child pays for parent, Mempool, Fee rate.
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Grounded in a source record
Explains function and trade-offs
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