# Mempool

By [moon Light](https://paragraph.com/@moon-light) · 2024-01-12

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Short for ‘memory pool’, a mempool is a collection of all pending cryptocurrency transactions that have yet to be processed on a network. Most blockchains have a mempool. One notable exception is Solana.

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*Originally published on [moon Light](https://paragraph.com/@moon-light/mempool)*