Today I was again watching the mempool crowded with people... You think clicking "confirm" is the end, but actually you're just taking a number and waiting in line: if the fee is too low, you'll be cut in line, and you might drop out after waiting half a day (expired/abandoned). Even worse, the price slippage has already changed, and you're still waiting for the broadcast. To put it plainly, transaction experience during congestion is like going back to dial-up internet, and half your patience is already gone.

Recently, there's been talk about increasing taxes and compliance in certain regions, sometimes tightening, sometimes loosening. Expectations for deposits and withdrawals suddenly change, and suddenly a bunch of people rush onto the chain, making the mempool immediately lively. I look at those update records where people "secretly adjusted fees/limits," and I get a bit neurotic... I used to say "I only look at on-chain," but then I realized that's not enough—emotions and policy expectations can also flood the chain. But on the other hand, "only looking at emotions" can also lead to reckless moves. Anyway, right now I’m doing both: monitoring the on-chain queue situation + project parameter changes, taking screenshots for records before clicking confirm. If it’s slow, then it’s slow.