What Determines If a Transaction Is ‘Valid’ for Entry into the Mempool?

A transaction must satisfy several criteria to be considered valid and enter the mempool. These include having a correct format, being digitally signed by the owner of the funds, spending existing and unspent outputs (UTXOs), and not violating any other network consensus rules.

If a transaction fails any of these checks, it is immediately rejected by the node.

How Does the “CoinJoin” Technique Leverage UTXOs to Improve Anonymity?
What Is the Primary Role of a Blockchain’s Consensus Mechanism in Token Creation and Security?
In What Scenario Might an Attacker Try to Manipulate the Raw Transaction Data?
What Is a ‘UTXO’ and How Does It Relate to Transaction Validity?
How Does the Concept of “Unspent Transaction Output” (UTXO) Relate to a Miner’s Revenue?
What Is the Role of UTXOs (Unspent Transaction Outputs) in the SegWit Transaction Model?
Is the Stratum Server Responsible for Verifying the Cryptographic Validity of the Submitted Shares?
Explain the Concept of ‘Double-Spending’ and How Signatures Prevent It