A blockchain network is experiencing congestion. A user submits a transaction with a low fee, and it is accepted into the mempool of a mining node. The mempool is nearly full. What is the most likely outcome for this transaction?

It will be included in the next block because it was accepted into the mempool

It will be immediately discarded and never included in a block

It will be relayed back to the sender for a fee increase

It will remain in the mempool but may be evicted if higher-fee transactions fill the mempool

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A blockchain network is experiencing congestion. A user submits a transaction with a low fee, and it is accepted into the mempool of a mining node. The mempool is nearly full. What is the most likely outcome for this transaction?

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