Sure it does.
Rbf made it trivial to bump a transaction to a new address. so a merchant can no longer assume txs in mempool will finalize as they are, they have to wait for a confirmation.
It's the difference between waiting a few seconds and somewhere between 5 and 50 minutes.
Hanshan
npub1lx…6svxa
2026-09-23 14:07:12 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…wcaq
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npub1lxzaxzge0jq9u9cecucctdt5lslwgp7hcxmp2l0wn8r2ecjenwasu6svxaPublished at
2026-09-23 14:07:12 UTCEvent JSON
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