We've noticed this phenomena on mainnet since late 2021 where we get a tx that doesn't show up in our mempool or on explorers, and then it might show up sometime later. However, in other cases, transactions will go through relatively quickly. Why is that?
1) it's a conspiracy (probably not
2) not enough fee (we've tested with high fee and seen some improvement but not eliminating the incidence)
3) it's a bug relating to things disappearing into a memory hole instead of going into local mempool and being spammed to peers
4) OP_Returns are discriminated against in relay (testing this theory with OmniLite)
We've noticed this phenomena on mainnet since late 2021 where we get a tx that doesn't show up in our mempool or on explorers, and then it might show up sometime later. However, in other cases, transactions will go through relatively quickly. Why is that?
1) it's a conspiracy (probably not
2) not enough fee (we've tested with high fee and seen some improvement but not eliminating the incidence)
3) it's a bug relating to things disappearing into a memory hole instead of going into local mempool and being spammed to peers
4) OP_Returns are discriminated against in relay (testing this theory with OmniLite)