Tonight I’m staring at the mempool again, zoning out... When the network is congested, you click confirm, which is basically throwing your transaction into a big queue pool. Miners/validators prioritize the “more attractive” ones, and the rest get stuck. If they stay stuck long enough, your wallet might resend or bump the fee to override, or they might just expire. It’s very much like waiting in line at a window, with people constantly paying extra to cut in front. Others think that once I click, the interaction is done, but in reality, I have to watch the pending status, nonce, and whether it gets replaced. All night, my heartbeat follows the gas price fluctuations. By the way, I’ve also been pretty annoyed lately with the community arguing about privacy coins/mixing. Some think “privacy = original sin,” others think “no privacy is abnormal.” But for someone like me who makes lists, I can only be more conservative: avoid interactions I don’t need to, to prevent the witch hunts or compliance boundaries from messing things up... That’s all for now.