What is Mempool in Cryptocurrency? How to Trade?

What is Mempool in Cryptocurrency? How to Trade?

Mempool in cryptocurrency is a waiting area where unconfirmed transactions stay before being added to a block. It reflects network activity and fee competition. There is still much curiosity about how mempools work and their role in trading. This special feature explores these and many other topics.

10 articles
Mempool in Blockchain: Understanding Its Role and Function Mempool in Blockchain: Understanding Its Role and Function
In the world of cryptocurrencies, the mempool (from the English “memory pool”) plays a key role in the transaction processing process. The mempool is a temporary storage for all unconfirmed transactions that are waiting to be included in the blockchain.
2025-11-10 18:03
What is Ethereum Mempool?
The Ethereum mempool, short for "memory pool," is a temporary storage area where transactions wait before being added to the blockchain. When you send a transaction on Ethereum, it first goes into the mempool, where it sits until a miner picks it up and
2025-11-10 18:01
What is Mempool Space
Mempool Space is an interactive and insightful interface used for visualizing and understanding the status and dynamics of the Bitcoin mempool.
2025-11-10 18:00
On the limits of encrypted mempools
The value that can be extracted by including, excluding, or reordering transactions in a block is known as “maximal extractable value, or MEV. MEV is common on most blockchains, and has been a topic of widespread interest and discussion in the community.
2025-11-10 17:58
Bitcoin Mempool Emptiness Sparks Network Security Concerns Bitcoin Mempool Emptiness Sparks Network Security Concerns
With transaction demand drying up and fee income plunging, experts warn Bitcoin faces a sustainability crisis despite its price hitting all-time highs.
2025-11-10 17:54
What Is a Mempool? Everything You Need to Know What Is a Mempool? Everything You Need to Know
A mempool, short for memory pool, is where pending blockchain transactions wait for validation by network nodes. In a blockchain, transactions are first sent to the mempool before being included in a block — it’s like a temporary queue. Higher-fee transac
2025-11-10 17:52
The Bitcoin Mempool: What Is It For? The Bitcoin Mempool: What Is It For?
Well technically, there is no such thing as “the” mempool. Every individual full Bitcoin node operates its own mempool, a cache of valid bitcoin transactions that have been broadcast to the network but have yet to be confirmed in a block. Nodes exchange m
2025-11-10 17:50
The Bitcoin Mempool: Relay Network Dynamics The Bitcoin Mempool: Relay Network Dynamics
In the last Mempool article, I went over the different kinds of relay policy filters, why they exist, and the incentives that ultimately decide how effective each class of filter is at preventing the confirmation of different classes of transactions. In t
2025-11-10 17:47
Bitcoin Mempool: What Happens to Unconfirmed Transactions? Bitcoin Mempool: What Happens to Unconfirmed Transactions?
Bitcoin Mempool Explained: Discover what happens to unconfirmed Bitcoin transactions before confirmation.
2025-09-17 19:24
What is the Bitcoin mempool, and how does it work? What is the Bitcoin mempool, and how does it work?
What is the Bitcoin Mempool? Learn about its role in processing transactions, how it works, and its impact on transaction fees and confirmations.
2025-09-17 19:28