https://pesvi.xyz/categories/opinion/ Recent content in Opinion on Pol Espinasa Hugo -- 0.139.4 english Tue, 02 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://pesvi.xyz/posts/mempool_filters/ Tue, 02 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://pesvi.xyz/posts/mempool_filters/ <h2 id="what-is-the-mempool">What is the Mempool?</h2> <p>The simplest definition for the mempool is: <em><strong>the mempool</strong></em> <em>is a cache that stores unconfirmed consensus valid transactions.</em></p> <h3 id="but-why-do-we-need-a-mempool"><strong>But why do we need a mempool?</strong></h3> <p>The mempool is an important resource for each node and it mainly allows the peer-to-peer transaction relay network.</p> <p>Every ~10 minutes when a new block is found, nodes without a mempool experience a bandwidth spike and a computational-intensive period validating each transaction in the block. On the other hand, it is likely that nodes that implement a mempool have already seen all or most of the transactions inside a new block and have them stored in their mempools.</p>