Mempool
By CoinGecko | Updated on Mar 03, 2020
It is the abbreviation of Memory Pool. Set of unconfirmed transactions in a blockchain. Each time a transaction is made, it enters directly into the mempool, after which the miners take groups of transactions to build the blocks.
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