<p>It is up to the miner, but typically they do not care whether it is RBF or not. There's no difference to the miner whether they choose one or the other; the miner still earns the same amount in transaction fees.</p>

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2018-01-26T04:38:25.957Z
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<p>Given a <a href="https://bitcoincore.org/en/faq/optin_rbf/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">replace-by-fee (RBF)</a> transaction and a non-RBF transaction with equal fees, do miners prefer the RBF transaction over the non-RBF one? Or is this entirely up to the particular miner?</p>

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Do miners prefer RBF transactions over non-RBF transactions?
Geremia
# Do miners prefer RBF transactions over non-RBF transactions?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-01-26)

Given a [replace-by-fee (RBF)](https://bitcoincore.org/en/faq/optin_rbf/) transaction and a non-RBF transaction with equal fees, do miners prefer the RBF transaction over the non-RBF one? Or is this entirely up to the particular miner?

**Tags:** transaction-selection, replace-by-fee


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### Answer by username_1 on 2018-01-26. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

It is up to the miner, but typically they do not care whether it is RBF or not. There's no difference to the miner whether they choose one or the other; the miner still earns the same amount in transaction fees.


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