Major crypto wallet service and blockchain data supplier Blockchain.com has apparently experienced a system glitch, as its Bitcoin (BTC) mempool tracker dropped to zero earlier today. After indicating a significant surge of unconfirmed Bitcoin transactions on March 13, the mempool chart on Blockchain.com saw a steep drop from 32 megabytes (MB) to zero. As of press time, the chart has recovered to around 30 MB. Seven-day chart of Bitcoin mempool size in bytes. Source: Blockchain.com The crash of Bitcoin mempool was apparently a system bug exclusive to Blockchain.com, as other trackers like Satoshi.info were indicating that the size of the …

On Nov. 15, Bitcoin’s (BTC) blockchain mempool was at its highest level since January last year, according to figures from blockchain data website Blockchain.com. On Nov. 15, Bitcoin’s mempool size reached over 90 megabytes (MB), a value not seen since January 2018. The Bitcoin mempool holds all the unconfirmed transactions that are waiting to be validated by miners. One-year chart of Bitcoin mempool size in bytes. Source: Blockchain.com An apparent anomaly In most cases, the bigger the mempool, the more transactions are waiting to be confirmed by miners, but in this case, the situation is quite different. At its peak, …