Specifying future transactions in an Ethereum Contract

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Bitcoin has an nLockTime parameter that can be associated with a transaction to specify the minimal time that must pass before the transaction can be added to a block. Is it possible to do something similar within an Ethereum contract?

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One possible solution would be to send a transaction and a time when the transaction can be executed to a smart contract. The contract stores the transaction for later use.

After the given time elapsed and the transaction is ready to be executed, you have following options:

  1. Send an another transaction to the smart contract asking the first transaction to be executed.
  2. Integrate the smart contract with the Alarm Clock solution (http://www.ethereum-alarm-clock.com). That will allow stored transactions to be executed automatically.