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What use is it to learn about transactions that never get confirmed?
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The assumption that a transaction would have never got confirmed is incorrect.
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Prove it by showing me a single block whose tail end is composed of transactions paying less than minRelayTxFeerate.
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List of them: https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/transactions?s=time(desc)&q=fee(0..98),is_coinbase(false)#f=hash,block_id,input_count,output_count,time,output_total,output_total_usd,fee_usd,fee,is_coinbase
Example of such a transaction: https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/transaction/49a0efc983b19038cb5aa80008d7b9f7690dfb80de84a55f7aabce9d3137f2fa
Miners are of tertiary importance here (if any). The setting is applied by node runners and affects nodes in the first place.