# dispenser

URL: https://blockspace.wiki/glossary/dispenser/

A Counterparty offer that escrows an asset and vends it for BTC at a price per lot that cannot change while it is open. A purchase needs a Counterparty dispense message: since block 866,000 a bare BTC payment to a dispenser address buys nothing. A closed dispenser keeps vending for about 5 blocks, then the unsold stock returns to the closer.

Sources:

- Bitcoin Counters v3, indexer and wallet: README (BitcoinCounters/counters) · https://github.com/BitcoinCounters/counters
- counters.fun README (BitcoinCounters/counters.fun) · https://github.com/BitcoinCounters/counters.fun

Updated: 2026-10-20