What Happens If the Mempool Becomes Congested?
When the mempool is congested, the number of unconfirmed transactions exceeds the available block space. This causes transaction fees to spike as users compete for inclusion.
Low-fee transactions can remain unconfirmed for a long time or eventually be dropped by nodes.
Glossar
Scaling Solutions
Architecture ⎊ Scaling solutions within cryptocurrency, options trading, and financial derivatives frequently address systemic limitations in transaction throughput and computational capacity.
Lightning Network
Scalability ⎊ The Lightning Network represents a layer-two scaling solution for Bitcoin and other blockchains, designed to facilitate micropayments and high-frequency transactions that are impractical on the base layer due to block size limitations and associated fees.
Unconfirmed Transactions
Transaction ⎊ In cryptocurrency and decentralized finance (DeFi), a transaction's unconfirmed status signifies its submission to a network but not yet inclusion within a validated block.
Transaction Fees
Fee ⎊ Transaction fees, inherent in cryptocurrency, options, and derivatives markets, represent the cost of executing trades and utilizing network infrastructure.