According to @BitMEXResearch, compact blocks can still propagate quickly even if mempool and relay policies differ across nodes, provided a robust portion of the network relays all transactions that reliably get mined. Source: @BitMEXResearch on X (Sep 28, 2025). This suggests that if roughly 15% or more of nodes relay such transactions, compact blocks should continue to function effectively for timely block dissemination, supporting network performance for BTC settlement. Source: @BitMEXResearch on X (Sep 28, 2025). Compact blocks defined in BIP152 cut bandwidth and accelerate block relay, which reduces stale block risk and smooths confirmation uncertainty that affects trading execution and fee dynamics. Source: Bitcoin Core BIP152. For active traders, monitoring mempool divergence and propagation to major mining pools can help anticipate inclusion delays and fee spikes that influence arbitrage, exchange deposits, and liquidation timing. Source: @BitMEXResearch on X (Sep 28, 2025). Faster and more consistent block relay typically lowers confirmation latency variance, improving reliability for time-sensitive BTC strategies during volatility. Source: Decker and Wattenhofer, Information Propagation in the Bitcoin Network, 2013.

According to @adam3us, the network policy Schelling point for transaction relaying has shifted, with a tolerant minority now setting a more permissive relay limit through preferential peering, source: @adam3us on X, Sep 14, 2025. This change indicates relay behavior is no longer anchored by the prior default node policy, increasing heterogeneity in propagation across peering clusters that traders must account for in on-chain execution, source: @adam3us on X, Sep 14, 2025. Latency-sensitive strategies should assume uneven mempool visibility and variable relay speeds between clusters and adjust fee models, routing, and timing to manage slippage and arbitrage risk, source: @adam3us on X, Sep 14, 2025. Risk monitoring should include multi-peer propagation checks and cross-cluster mempool sampling to detect relay bottlenecks before submitting time-critical orders, source: @adam3us on X, Sep 14, 2025.