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Bitcoin transactions require multiple confirmations to ensure security, with most considered final after six confirmations. Increasing network congestion, block size limits and transaction fees have ...

In my prior article on the mempool, I laid out a simple conceptual framework to reason about the basic functionality of the mempool, and how it was used by different kinds of users of the Bitcoin ...

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A look at different relay policy filters, and why they have always been a standard part of a node's mempool. In my prior article on the mempool, I laid out a simple conceptual framework to reason ...