Even during rush hour, the chain can get congested... You submit a transaction, but it’s actually just waiting in the mempool. Someone can pay a “bribe” to jump the queue, but if you don’t, you can only watch your transaction stay pending. When the market pulls back, it might not even get on the chain yet, and your patience wears thin. What’s more awkward is thinking you canceled the transaction, only to find out later it was still packed and included, with both transactions popping up together — the experience is pretty ridiculous.

Lately, discussions about economic collapses in chain games are a bit similar: when inflation kicks in, studios start minting like crazy, the network gets even more crowded, and in the end, the token prices drop layer by layer, just like waiting in line... Honestly, during congestion, the most expensive thing isn’t the fee, but the illusion that you’ve “already completed the trade/stop-lossed.” I now try to trade as infrequently as possible, and avoid chasing if I can — it’s not shameful to be a bit slower anyway.