diff --git a/src/Chainweb/Chainweb/MempoolSyncClient.hs b/src/Chainweb/Chainweb/MempoolSyncClient.hs
index 953c2cdcdc..f5a1c15c99 100644
--- a/src/Chainweb/Chainweb/MempoolSyncClient.hs
+++ b/src/Chainweb/Chainweb/MempoolSyncClient.hs
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ runMempoolSyncClient mgr memP2pConfig peerRes chain = bracket create destroy go
     create = do
         logg Debug "starting mempool p2p sync"
         p2pCreateNode v netId peer (logFunction syncLogger) peerDb mgr True $
-            mempoolSyncP2pSession chain (_mempoolP2pConfigPollInterval memP2pConfig)
+            mempoolSyncP2pSession chain
+                (_mempoolP2pConfigPollInterval memP2pConfig)
+                (_mempoolP2pConfigSendNewTxsDelay memP2pConfig)
     go n = do
         -- Run P2P client node
         logg Debug "mempool sync p2p node initialized, starting session"
@@ -91,18 +93,19 @@ runMempoolSyncClient mgr memP2pConfig peerRes chain = bracket create destroy go
 mempoolSyncP2pSession
     :: ChainResources logger
     -> Seconds
+    -> Micros
     -> P2pSession
-mempoolSyncP2pSession chain (Seconds pollInterval) logg0 env _ = do
+mempoolSyncP2pSession chain (Seconds pollInterval) (Micros sendNewTxsDelayMicros) logg0 env _ = do
     logg Debug "mempool sync session starting"
-    Mempool.syncMempools' logg syncIntervalUs pool peerMempool
+    Mempool.syncMempools' logg syncIntervalMicros (int sendNewTxsDelayMicros) pool peerMempool
     logg Debug "mempool sync session finished"
     return True
   where
     peerMempool = MPC.toMempool v cid txcfg env
 
     -- FIXME Potentially dangerous down-cast.
-    syncIntervalUs :: Int
-    syncIntervalUs = int pollInterval * 500000
+    syncIntervalMicros :: Int
+    syncIntervalMicros = int pollInterval * 500000
 
     remote = T.pack $ Sv.showBaseUrl $ Sv.baseUrl env
     logg d m = logg0 d $ T.concat ["[mempool sync@", remote, "]:", m]
diff --git a/src/Chainweb/Mempool/InMem.hs b/src/Chainweb/Mempool/InMem.hs
index 6f35df1aa5..313887c100 100644
--- a/src/Chainweb/Mempool/InMem.hs
+++ b/src/Chainweb/Mempool/InMem.hs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ module Chainweb.Mempool.InMem
 import Control.Applicative ((<|>))
 import Control.Concurrent.Async
 import Control.Concurrent.MVar
+import Control.Concurrent.STM
 import Control.DeepSeq
 import Control.Error.Util (hush)
 import Control.Exception (bracket, evaluate, mask_, throw)
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ import Control.Monad
 
 import Data.Aeson
 import Data.Bifunctor (bimap)
+import Data.ByteString (ByteString)
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Short as SB
 import Data.Decimal
 #if MIN_VERSION_base(4,20,0)
@@ -79,7 +81,6 @@ import Chainweb.Version (ChainwebVersion)
 import qualified Pact.Types.ChainMeta as P
 
 import Numeric.AffineSpace
-import Data.ByteString (ByteString)
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 compareOnGasPrice :: TransactionConfig t -> t -> t -> Ordering
@@ -96,12 +97,12 @@ makeInMemPool :: InMemConfig t
 makeInMemPool cfg = mask_ $ do
     nonce <- randomIO
     dataLock <- newInMemMempoolData >>= newMVar
-    return $! InMemoryMempool cfg dataLock nonce
+    newTxsVar <- newTVarIO []
+    return $! InMemoryMempool cfg dataLock newTxsVar nonce
 
 destroyInMemPool :: InMemoryMempool t -> IO ()
 destroyInMemPool = const $ return ()
 
-
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 newInMemMempoolData :: IO (InMemoryMempoolData t)
 newInMemMempoolData =
@@ -132,24 +133,27 @@ toMempoolBackend logger mempool = do
       , mempoolGetBlock = getBlock
       , mempoolPrune = prune
       , mempoolGetPendingTransactions = getPending
+      , mempoolGetNewTransactions = getNew
       , mempoolClear = clear
       }
   where
     cfg = _inmemCfg mempool
     nonce = _inmemNonce mempool
     lockMVar = _inmemDataLock mempool
+    newTxsVar = _inmemNewTxs mempool
 
     InMemConfig tcfg _ _ _ _ _ _ = cfg
     member = memberInMem lockMVar
     lookup = lookupInMem tcfg lockMVar
     lookupEncoded = lookupEncodedInMem lockMVar
-    insert = insertInMem cfg lockMVar
+    insert = insertInMem cfg lockMVar newTxsVar
     insertCheck = insertCheckInMem cfg lockMVar
     markValidated = markValidatedInMem logger tcfg lockMVar
     addToBadList = addToBadListInMem lockMVar
     checkBadList = checkBadListInMem lockMVar
     getBlock = getBlockInMem logger cfg lockMVar
     getPending = getPendingInMem cfg nonce lockMVar
+    getNew = getNewInMem newTxsVar
     prune = pruneInMem lockMVar
     clear = clearInMem lockMVar
 
@@ -479,10 +483,11 @@ insertInMem
     .  NFData t
     => InMemConfig t    -- ^ in-memory config
     -> MVar (InMemoryMempoolData t)  -- ^ in-memory state
+    -> TVar [t]
     -> InsertType
     -> Vector t  -- ^ new transactions
     -> IO ()
-insertInMem cfg lock runCheck txs0 = do
+insertInMem cfg lock newTxsVar runCheck txs0 = do
     txhashes <- insertCheck
     withMVarMasked lock $ \mdata -> do
         pending <- readIORef (_inmemPending mdata)
@@ -495,9 +500,13 @@ insertInMem cfg lock runCheck txs0 = do
             recordRecentTransactions maxRecent newHashes
   where
     insertCheck :: IO (Vector (T2 TransactionHash t))
-    insertCheck = if runCheck == CheckedInsert
-                  then insertCheckInMem' cfg lock txs0
-                  else return $! V.map (\tx -> T2 (hasher tx) tx) txs0
+    insertCheck = case runCheck of
+      CheckedInsert -> insertCheckInMem' cfg lock txs0
+      UncheckedInsert -> return $! V.map (\tx -> T2 (hasher tx) tx) txs0
+      NewInsert -> do
+        -- we trust the caller to have done all necessary pre-insert checks
+        atomically $ modifyTVar newTxsVar $ (V.toList txs0 ++)
+        return $! V.map (\tx -> T2 (hasher tx) tx) txs0
 
     txcfg = _inmemTxCfg cfg
     encodeTx = codecEncode (txCodec txcfg)
@@ -706,6 +715,13 @@ getPendingInMem cfg nonce lock since callback = do
     sendChunk _ 0 = return ()
     sendChunk dl _ = callback $! V.fromList $ dl []
 
+getNewInMem :: TVar [t] -> IO [t]
+getNewInMem v = atomically $ do
+  ts <- readTVar v
+  guard (not $ null ts)
+  writeTVar v []
+  return ts
+
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 clearInMem :: MVar (InMemoryMempoolData t) -> IO ()
 clearInMem lock = newInMemMempoolData >>= void . swapMVar lock
diff --git a/src/Chainweb/Mempool/InMemTypes.hs b/src/Chainweb/Mempool/InMemTypes.hs
index faac2b98a8..2b738ea246 100644
--- a/src/Chainweb/Mempool/InMemTypes.hs
+++ b/src/Chainweb/Mempool/InMemTypes.hs
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import Chainweb.Mempool.CurrentTxs
 import Chainweb.Mempool.Mempool
 import Chainweb.Time (Micros(..), Time(..))
 import Chainweb.Utils (T2)
+import Control.Concurrent.STM
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 data PendingEntry = PendingEntry
@@ -80,6 +81,11 @@ data InMemConfig t = InMemConfig {
 data InMemoryMempool t = InMemoryMempool {
     _inmemCfg :: !(InMemConfig t)
   , _inmemDataLock :: !(MVar (InMemoryMempoolData t))
+  , _inmemNewTxs :: !(TVar [t])
+    -- ^ The set of new transactions that have been submitted to this mempool
+    -- by a user and not by another mempool, and which haven't been sent to
+    -- other mempools yet. This is used to quickly send these transactions
+    -- to other mempool without waiting for the usual polling period.
   , _inmemNonce :: !ServerNonce
 }
 
@@ -102,11 +108,12 @@ data InMemoryMempoolData t = InMemoryMempoolData {
     -- possibly have to pay gas for it several times.
 
   , _inmemCurrentTxs :: !(IORef CurrentTxs)
-    -- ^ The set of non-expired transactions that have been addeded to a block.
+    -- ^ The set of non-expired transactions that have been added to a block.
     -- Transactions are remove from the set of pending transactions when they
     -- are added to a block. This set is used to prevent transactions from being
     -- re-inserts when synchronizing with nodes that haven't yet validated the
     -- block.
+
 }
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/Chainweb/Mempool/Mempool.hs b/src/Chainweb/Mempool/Mempool.hs
index 2bbb3b7bfb..1573a2dde5 100644
--- a/src/Chainweb/Mempool/Mempool.hs
+++ b/src/Chainweb/Mempool/Mempool.hs
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ module Chainweb.Mempool.Mempool
 import Control.DeepSeq (NFData)
 import Control.Exception
 import Control.Lens hiding ((.=))
-import Control.Monad (replicateM, unless)
+import Control.Monad (replicateM, unless, forever)
 
 import Crypto.Hash (hash)
 import Crypto.Hash.Algorithms (SHA512t_256)
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ import Chainweb.Transaction
 import Chainweb.Utils
 import Chainweb.Utils.Serialization
 import Data.LogMessage (LogFunctionText)
+import Control.Concurrent.Async
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 data LookupResult t = Missing
@@ -215,7 +216,7 @@ data TransactionConfig t = TransactionConfig {
 type MempoolTxId = Int64
 type ServerNonce = Int
 type HighwaterMark = (ServerNonce, MempoolTxId)
-data InsertType = CheckedInsert | UncheckedInsert
+data InsertType = CheckedInsert | UncheckedInsert | NewInsert
   deriving (Show, Eq)
 
 data InsertError = InsertErrorDuplicate
@@ -310,6 +311,10 @@ data MempoolBackend t = MempoolBackend {
     -- | Discard any expired transactions.
   , mempoolPrune :: IO ()
 
+  -- | Returns only transactions that have been newly constructed to send them
+  -- to the rest of the network for the first time.
+  , mempoolGetNewTransactions :: IO [t]
+
     -- | given a previous high-water mark and a chunk callback function, loops
     -- through the pending candidate transactions and supplies the hashes to
     -- the callback in chunks. No ordering of hashes is presupposed. Returns
@@ -342,6 +347,7 @@ noopMempool = do
     , mempoolGetBlock = noopGetBlock
     , mempoolPrune = return ()
     , mempoolGetPendingTransactions = noopGetPending
+    , mempoolGetNewTransactions = return []
     , mempoolClear = noopClear
     }
   where
@@ -407,6 +413,9 @@ data SyncState = SyncState {
   , _syncTooMany :: !Bool
   }
 
+-- sendNewTx :: t -> MempoolBackend t -> IO ()
+
+
 -- | Pulls any missing pending transactions from a remote mempool.
 --
 -- The initial sync procedure:
@@ -425,12 +434,14 @@ syncMempools'
     => LogFunctionText
     -> Int
         -- ^ polling interval in microseconds
+    -> Int
+        -- ^ sending new txs delay in microseconds
     -> MempoolBackend t
         -- ^ local mempool
     -> MempoolBackend t
         -- ^ remote mempool
     -> IO ()
-syncMempools' log0 us localMempool remoteMempool = sync
+syncMempools' log0 syncDelayMicros sendNewTxsDelayMicros localMempool remoteMempool = sync
 
   where
     maxCnt = 5000
@@ -489,7 +500,11 @@ syncMempools' log0 us localMempool remoteMempool = sync
     deb :: Text -> IO ()
     deb = log0 Debug
 
-    sync = finally (initialSync >>= subsequentSync) (deb "sync exiting")
+    sync = finally
+      (do
+        hw <- initialSync
+        subsequentSync hw `race_` sendNewTxs)
+      (deb "sync exiting")
 
     initialSync = do
         deb "Get full list of pending hashes from remote"
@@ -525,9 +540,17 @@ syncMempools' log0 us localMempool remoteMempool = sync
             , " new remote hashes need to be fetched"
             ]
         traverse_ fetchMissing missingChunks
-        approximateThreadDelay us
+        approximateThreadDelay syncDelayMicros
         subsequentSync remoteHw'
 
+    sendNewTxs = forever $ do
+      newTxs <- mempoolGetNewTransactions localMempool
+      deb $
+        "Sending newly constructed transactions: " <>
+        sshow (txHasher (mempoolTxConfig localMempool) <$> newTxs)
+      mempoolInsert remoteMempool CheckedInsert $! V.fromList newTxs
+      approximateThreadDelay sendNewTxsDelayMicros
+
     -- get pending hashes from remote since the given (optional) high water mark
     fetchSince oldRemoteHw = do
         -- Intialize and collect SyncState
@@ -563,11 +586,12 @@ syncMempools
     :: Show t
     => LogFunctionText
     -> Int                  -- ^ polling interval in microseconds
+    -> Int                  -- ^ new tx sending delay in microseconds
     -> MempoolBackend t     -- ^ local mempool
     -> MempoolBackend t     -- ^ remote mempool
     -> IO ()
-syncMempools log us localMempool remoteMempool =
-    syncMempools' log us localMempool remoteMempool
+syncMempools log syncDelayMicros sendNewTxsDelayMicros localMempool remoteMempool =
+    syncMempools' log syncDelayMicros sendNewTxsDelayMicros localMempool remoteMempool
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- | Raw/unencoded transaction hashes.
diff --git a/src/Chainweb/Mempool/P2pConfig.hs b/src/Chainweb/Mempool/P2pConfig.hs
index b4e24fd893..011a0d6bfb 100644
--- a/src/Chainweb/Mempool/P2pConfig.hs
+++ b/src/Chainweb/Mempool/P2pConfig.hs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE NumericUnderscores #-}
 
 -- |
 -- Module: Chainweb.Mempool.P2pConfig
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ module Chainweb.Mempool.P2pConfig
 , mempoolP2pConfigMaxSessionCount
 , mempoolP2pConfigSessionTimeout
 , mempoolP2pConfigPollInterval
+, mempoolP2pConfigSendNewTxsDelay
 , defaultMempoolP2pConfig
 , pMempoolP2pConfig
 ) where
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ data MempoolP2pConfig = MempoolP2pConfig
     , _mempoolP2pConfigSessionTimeout :: !Seconds
         -- ^ timeout in seconds
     , _mempoolP2pConfigPollInterval :: !Seconds
+    , _mempoolP2pConfigSendNewTxsDelay :: !Micros
     }
     deriving (Show, Eq, Ord, Generic)
 
@@ -51,7 +54,8 @@ defaultMempoolP2pConfig :: MempoolP2pConfig
 defaultMempoolP2pConfig = MempoolP2pConfig
     { _mempoolP2pConfigMaxSessionCount = 6
     , _mempoolP2pConfigSessionTimeout = 300
-    , _mempoolP2pConfigPollInterval = 30
+    , _mempoolP2pConfigPollInterval = Seconds 30
+    , _mempoolP2pConfigSendNewTxsDelay = Micros 500_000
     }
 
 instance ToJSON MempoolP2pConfig where
@@ -72,6 +76,7 @@ instance FromJSON MempoolP2pConfig where
         <$> o .: "maxSessionCount"
         <*> o .: "sessionTimeout"
         <*> o .: "pollInterval"
+        <*> o .: "sendNewTxsDelay"
 
 pMempoolP2pConfig :: MParser MempoolP2pConfig
 pMempoolP2pConfig = id
@@ -84,3 +89,6 @@ pMempoolP2pConfig = id
     <*< mempoolP2pConfigPollInterval .:: textOption
         % long "mempool-p2p-poll-interval"
         <> help "poll interval for synchronizing mempools in seconds"
+    <*< mempoolP2pConfigPollInterval .:: textOption
+        % long "mempool-p2p-send-new-txs-delay"
+        <> help "delay between sending new transactions to other mempools in micros"
diff --git a/src/Chainweb/Mempool/RestAPI/Client.hs b/src/Chainweb/Mempool/RestAPI/Client.hs
index ad15d40776..af64adc573 100644
--- a/src/Chainweb/Mempool/RestAPI/Client.hs
+++ b/src/Chainweb/Mempool/RestAPI/Client.hs
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ toMempool version chain txcfg env =
     , mempoolCheckBadList = const unsupported
     , mempoolGetBlock = \_ _ _ _ -> unsupported
     , mempoolGetPendingTransactions = getPending
+    , mempoolGetNewTransactions = unsupported
     , mempoolPrune = unsupported
     , mempoolClear = clear
     }
diff --git a/src/Chainweb/Pact/RestAPI/Server.hs b/src/Chainweb/Pact/RestAPI/Server.hs
index f6dfd0bcfa..aac83e721c 100644
--- a/src/Chainweb/Pact/RestAPI/Server.hs
+++ b/src/Chainweb/Pact/RestAPI/Server.hs
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ sendHandler logger v cid mempool (SubmitBatch cmds) = Handler $ do
            let txs = V.fromList $ NEL.toList enriched
            -- If any of the txs in the batch fail validation, we reject them all.
            liftIO (mempoolInsertCheck mempool txs) >>= checkResult
-           liftIO (mempoolInsert mempool UncheckedInsert txs)
+           liftIO (mempoolInsert mempool NewInsert txs)
            return $! RequestKeys $ NEL.map cmdToRequestKey enriched
        Left err -> failWith $ "Validation failed: " <> T.pack err
   where
diff --git a/test/Chainweb/Test/Mempool/Sync.hs b/test/Chainweb/Test/Mempool/Sync.hs
index 5a123429bd..110868bae9 100644
--- a/test/Chainweb/Test/Mempool/Sync.hs
+++ b/test/Chainweb/Test/Mempool/Sync.hs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import Chainweb.Utils (Codec(..))
 tests :: TestTree
 tests = testGroup "Chainweb.Mempool.sync"
     [ mempoolProperty "Mempool.syncMempools" gen propSync $ MempoolWithFunc wf
+    , mempoolProperty "Mempool.syncMempoolsSendNew" (pick arbitrary) propSendNew $ MempoolWithFunc wf
     ]
   where
     wf :: (InsertCheck -> MempoolBackend MockTx -> IO a) -> IO a
@@ -69,6 +70,27 @@ testInMemCfg :: InMemConfig MockTx
 testInMemCfg =
     InMemConfig txcfg mockBlockGasLimit 0 2048 Right (pure . V.map Right) (1024 * 10)
 
+propSendNew
+    :: Set MockTx
+    -> InsertCheck
+    -> MempoolBackend MockTx
+    -> IO (Either String ())
+propSendNew txs _ localMempool' =
+    withInMemoryMempool testInMemCfg (barebonesTestVersion singletonChainGraph) $ \remoteMempool -> do
+        inserted <- newEmptyMVar
+        -- make a mempool which puts to the above mvar when all txs are inserted
+        localMempool <- timebomb (V.length txsV) (putMVar inserted ()) localMempool'
+        mempoolInsert localMempool NewInsert txsV
+        -- never do a sync, only do sendNew
+        let sync = syncMempools (\_ _ -> return ()) maxBound 0 localMempool remoteMempool
+        -- wait 10 seconds for the insert to happen
+        m <- timeout 10_000_000 $ do
+            Async.withAsync sync $ \_ -> do
+                takeMVar inserted
+        maybe (fail "timeout") (pure . Right) m
+    where
+    txsV = V.fromList $ Set.toList txs
+
 propSync
     :: (Set MockTx, Set MockTx , Set MockTx)
     -> InsertCheck
@@ -90,7 +112,7 @@ propSync (txs, missing, later) _ localMempool' =
         localMempool <-
               timebomb nmissing onInitialSyncFinished =<<
               timebomb (nmissing + nlater) onFinalSyncFinished localMempool'
-        let syncThread = syncMempools noLog 10 localMempool remoteMempool
+        let syncThread = syncMempools noLog 10 10 localMempool remoteMempool
 
 
         -- expect remote to deliver transactions during sync.