Etymology

From hash +‎ lockCategory:English compound terms#HASHLOCK.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒkCategory:Rhymes:English/ɒk#HASHLOCKCategory:Rhymes:English/ɒk/2 syllables#HASHLOCK

Noun

hashlock (plural hashlocks)Category:English lemmas#HASHLOCKCategory:English nouns#HASHLOCKCategory:English countable nouns#HASHLOCKCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#HASHLOCKCategory:Pages with entries#HASHLOCKCategory:Pages with 1 entry#HASHLOCK

1. A Bitcoin feature that restricts the spending of an output or multiple outputs until a specified piece of data is publicly revealed.
   • 2016 January 14, Joseph Poon, Thaddeus Dryja, “The Bitcoin Lightning Network: Scalable Off-Chain Instant Payments”, in Lightning Network‎:

     By encumbering the Bitcoin transaction outputs with a hashlock and timelock, the channel counterparty will be unable to outright steal funds and Bitcoins can be exchanged without outright counterparty theft.

     Category:English terms with quotations#HASHLOCK

Further reading

• “Hashlock” in Bitcoin Wiki