
In a move that might make even the coolest blockchain whisperers clutch their monocles, the mempool—the sacred antechamber of pending Bitcoin transactions—is looking emptier than a champagne glass at a particularly jolly Noël Coward gathering. When block 890,138 arrived on March’s grand farewell day, all transactions appeared to have done a runner, leaving precisely 500 to 1,311 shy little transfers waiting, likely twiddling their digital thumbs. This, mind you, is the kind of volume one rather expects at an exclusive boutique soirée rather than a discotheque of decentralization!