Bitcoin developers want to fix the 'replace this transaction with a higher fee' button. Here's why (opens original article in a new tab)

Bitcoin developers want to remove redundant RBF signaling from wallets to improve privacy and reduce on-chain tracking, proposing a common default sequence number for transactions

• Bitcoin developers plan to remove explicit replace-by-fee (RBF) signaling from wallets due to its redundancy
• The change aims to improve privacy by reducing on-chain fingerprints that reveal wallet software used
• Developers propose adopting a common default input sequence number to make transactions from different wallets indistinguishable