diff --git a/src/bin_client/test/test_mempool.sh b/src/bin_client/test/test_mempool.sh
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+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+#test_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && echo "$(pwd -P)")"
+source src/bin_client/test/test_lib.inc.sh "$@"
+
+empty_mempool='{ "applied": [], "refused": [], "branch_refused": [], "branch_delayed": [],
+  "unprocessed": [] }'
+
+rpc_not_found='Unregistred error:
+  { "kind": "generic",
+    "error": "Prevalidator is not running, cannot inject the operation" }
+Fatal error: transfer simulation failed.'
+
+prev_not_running='[]'
+
+assert_mempool_not_empty() {
+    local expected=$empty_mempool
+    local result="$(cat)"
+    if [ "${result}" = "${expected}" ]; then
+        echo "Unexpected result: \"${result}\""
+        echo "Should be different than: \"${expected}\""
+        exit 2
+    fi
+}
+
+assert_mempool_empty() {
+    local expected=$empty_mempool
+    local result="$(cat)"
+    if [ "${result}" != "${expected}" ]; then
+        echo "Unexpected result: \"${result}\""
+        echo "Expected: \"${expected}\""
+        exit 2
+    fi
+}
+
+assert_rpc_not_exist() {
+    local expected=$rpc_not_found
+    local result="$(cat)"
+    if [ "${result}" != "${expected}" ]; then
+        echo "Unexpected result: \"${result}\""
+        echo "Expected: \"${expected}\""
+        exit 2
+    fi
+}
+
+assert_rpc_exists() {
+    local expected=$rpc_not_found
+    local result="$(cat)"
+    if [ "${result}" = "${expected}" ]; then
+        echo "Unexpected result: \"${result}\""
+        echo "Should be different than: \"${expected}\""
+        exit 2
+    fi
+}
+
+assert_prev_not_running() {
+    local expected=$prev_not_running
+    local result="$(cat)"
+    if [ "${result}" != "${expected}" ]; then
+        echo "Unexpected result: \"${result}\""
+        echo "Expected: \"${expected}\""
+        exit 2
+    fi
+}
+
+assert_prev_running() {
+    local expected=$prev_not_running
+    local result="$(cat)"
+    if [ "${result}" = "${expected}" ]; then
+        echo "Unexpected result: \"${result}\""
+        echo "Should be different than: \"${expected}\""
+        exit 2
+    fi
+}
+
+echo
+echo Starting 1st node
+echo
+
+start_node 1
+
+echo
+echo Starting 2nd node
+echo
+
+start_node 3
+
+echo
+echo Starting 3rd node
+echo
+
+start_node 9 --disable-mempool
+
+echo
+echo Activating Alpha protocol
+echo
+
+activate_alpha
+
+sleep 1
+
+echo
+$client3 rpc call '/network/peers' with '{}'
+echo
+
+#tests for the prevalidator state
+$client1 rpc call '/workers/prevalidators' | assert_prev_running
+echo 1st node prevalidator is running
+$client3 rpc call '/workers/prevalidators' | assert_prev_running
+echo 2nd node prevalidator is running
+$client9 rpc call '/workers/prevalidators' | assert_prev_not_running
+echo 3dr node prevalidator is not running
+
+#checks that mempools are empty
+$client1 rpc call '/mempool/pending_operations' | assert_mempool_empty
+echo 1st node mempool is empty
+
+$client3 rpc call '/mempool/pending_operations' | assert_mempool_empty
+echo 2nd node mempool is empty
+
+$client9 rpc call '/mempool/pending_operations' | assert_mempool_empty
+echo 3rd node mempool is empty
+
+#inject a transaction through the 1st node
+$client1 transfer 1,000 from bootstrap1 to bootstrap2 &
+
+sleep 3
+
+#checks that mempools are not empty for enable-mempool nodes and
+#empty for the disable-mempool node
+$client1 rpc call '/mempool/pending_operations' | assert_mempool_not_empty
+echo 1st node mempool is not empty
+
+$client3 rpc call '/mempool/pending_operations' | assert_mempool_not_empty
+echo 2nd node mempool is not empty
+
+$client9 rpc call '/mempool/pending_operations' | assert_mempool_empty
+echo 3rd node mempool is empty
+
+$client1 bake for bootstrap1
+
+sleep 1
+
+#checks that all mempool are empty after baking a block which contains the
+#transaction
+$client1 rpc call '/mempool/pending_operations' | assert_mempool_empty
+echo 1st node mempool is empty
+
+$client3 rpc call '/mempool/pending_operations' | assert_mempool_empty
+echo 2nd node mempool is empty
+
+$client9 rpc call '/mempool/pending_operations' | assert_mempool_empty
+echo 3rd node mempool is empty
+
+#checks that trying to inject an operation through a disable-mempool node fails
+{
+    $client9 transfer 2,000 from bootstrap2 to bootstrap3 2> /dev/null &&
+    if [ $? = 0 ]; then
+        echo "This should have failed... exit code:" $?
+        exit 2
+    fi
+} ||
+
+echo
+echo End of test
+echo
+
+show_logs="no"