Why Do Some Nodes Have a Minimum Fee Threshold for Relaying?
Nodes set a minimum fee threshold to protect themselves from denial-of-service (DoS) attacks and to manage the local resources (like mempool memory). If a transaction offers a fee below this threshold, the node will not accept it into its mempool or relay it to other peers.
This mechanism helps prioritize transactions that compensate the network for the cost of processing and storage.
Glossar
Fee Threshold
Calibration ⎊ Fee thresholds within cryptocurrency derivatives represent predetermined price or volume levels triggering adjustments to trading fees, impacting both exchange revenue and trader cost structures.
Minimum Relay Fee
Threshold ⎊ The Minimum Relay Fee is a node-specific, non-consensus parameter defining the lowest transaction fee rate, typically expressed in satoshis per virtual byte (sat/vByte), that a full node will accept for an unconfirmed transaction to enter its memory pool and be relayed to other peers.
Minimum Fee Threshold
Constraint ⎊ The Minimum Fee Threshold represents the lowest transaction fee rate, typically measured in satoshis per byte or gas units, that a blockchain node is configured to accept for relaying and holding an unconfirmed transaction in its mempool.
Threshold
Barrier ⎊ A threshold, within cryptocurrency derivatives and options trading, fundamentally represents a price level that must be breached for a contract to become active or trigger a specific outcome.
Nodes
Architecture ⎊ Nodes, within distributed ledger technology, represent specific points of data storage and processing capacity integral to network operation, differing from centralized systems through inherent redundancy and decentralization.