Mempool sniping has been a common issue in Bitcoin trading, especially for Ordinals and Rune tokens. Unlike other blockchains like Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) and Solana (CRYPTO: SOL), Bitcoin’s longer ...

Everyone who has used bitcoin has made use of the mempool, or a mempool. So what is the mempool? Well technically, there is no such thing as “the” mempool. Every individual full Bitcoin node operates ...

A look at the implications and consequences of the existence of private mempools on Bitcoin as an overall system. In the last Mempool article, I went through the dynamics of transaction propagation ...

The mempool is essentially Bitcoin's transaction waiting room. Nodes collect pending transactions and hold them there until miners add them to a block. A consistently crowded mempool and high fees are ...

Bitcoin infrastructure project Satflow has introduced a DEX for professional traders focused on the Ordinals and Runes ecosystems. The aim is to eliminate the practise of mempool sniping, the effects ...

The Bitcoin blockchain is showing signs of declining user activity, despite the coin trading close to all-time highs. Bitcoin is changing hands slightly under $109,000, 2.7% less than its all-time ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Korok Ray is a PhD economist/professor who researches/teaches Bitcoin. One of the philosophical innovations of Bitcoin is the ...

Approximately $700 in satoshis were sent to El Salvador’s new “Bitcoin piggy bank” across dozens of donations. Only hours after El Salvador publicly announced its move to store a “big chunk” of its ...

A look at what the mempool is, how it functions, and why a healthy and open public mempool is important for Bitcoin. Everyone who has used bitcoin has made use of the mempool, or a mempool. So what is ...

In the last Mempool article, I went through the dynamics of transaction propagation when different nodes on the network are running different mempool relay policies. In this piece I’ll be looking at ...

Bitcoin's memory pool suggests the chain isn't getting used much right now. The degree of the pool's utilization tends to portend either bullish or bearish times. Historically, it has been a smart ...