Learn what the Bitcoin mempool is and how it works to ensure an efficient and secure Bitcoin transaction. Plus, how you can use it to transact quickly and cheaply.

Over the past 24 hours, the blockchain has been inundated with small, spam-like transactions that are large in data size, but significantly small in bitcoin value transferred. At the peak, there were ...

How long can a pending transaction remain unconfirmed? Pending transactions can stay unconfirmed for varying durations, depending on the gas fee and network activity.

As unconfirmed transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain rise, Luke Dashjr, a prominent developer pledges that Ordinal Inscriptions are a 'bug' that will be fixed.

Bitcoin developers are considering canceling Ordinals and BRC-20 tokens that have led to record high fees and congestion on the Bitcoin blockchain.

At press time, the Bitcoin network is currently facing a backlog of over 135,000 unconfirmed transactions and fees have soared. This comes days after the proponents of the SegWit2x scaling ...

Explore on-chain transactions on cryptocurrency blockchains, how they alter blockchain states, and compare their security, speed, and fees with off-chain options.

Ordinals enabled an NFT-like capability for Bitcoin's blockchain, driving enormous demand and a significant rise in fees.