According to @BitMEXResearch, Greg Maxwell stated that the Bitcoin mempool's purpose is to model what will get mined, clarifying that it reflects transactions miners are likely to include next. Source: BitMEX Research tweet on Sep 28, 2025: https://twitter.com/BitMEXResearch/status/1972207072516214854 According to @BitMEXResearch, Andrew Poelstra added that the purpose of the mempool is to approximate the contents of blocks, reinforcing that mempool composition is a proxy for near-term block templates. Source: BitMEX Research tweet on Sep 28, 2025: https://twitter.com/BitMEXResearch/status/1972207072516214854 For BTC traders, these definitions confirm that monitoring the mempool helps estimate likely next-block inclusions and fee rates to optimize on-chain execution timing and fee bids. Source: BitMEX Research tweet on Sep 28, 2025: https://twitter.com/BitMEXResearch/status/1972207072516214854