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# The machinery behind the coins
Tagged "fees"
1 article on this topic.
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What the Mempool Is, and Why It Decides Your Fee
The waiting room between broadcasting a transaction and it being included in a block. Almost everything about fees follows from what happens there.
consensus and blocks · May 9, 2026 · 2 min