Last night before bed, I checked my own tx again—and it was stuck in the mempool, queued up… Put simply, it’s like driving onto a bridge during the morning rush: you’re pushed into the line first, and miners/block producers will pick the “more worthwhile” ones to package first. If your fee is too low, you’re just left waiting—waiting for the next block, the next few blocks, and even getting squeezed out. What’s even more irritating is that when the network is congested, a bunch of people change their prices and resubmit at the same time, so what you see as “almost done” might get pushed back another step in the very next second.

Lately, there are a lot of AI agents and automated trading running on-chain, some really do make things easier, but others are just selling the narrative, with the security details picked apart mercilessly: nonce conflicts, duplicate submissions, and poorly handled authorizations. In the end, it’s not saving time—it’s helping clog up the mempool. Anyway, I’d rather take it slower now: read the parameters carefully and don’t let yourself get more panicked the longer you wait in line.