Sigh, every time the mempool backs up, I start to get uneasy. Even though I can clearly see gas jumping up, my own transaction just gets stuck in the queue and won’t move. If I cancel and resend, I’m afraid I’ll end up paying the “swallowed” fees; if I just keep waiting, I watch the market run away right in front of my eyes… Basically, as long as the chain gets a bit more lively, people like me—slow and afraid to “go for it” with higher gas—end up just running along as support.

Lately I’ve been seeing people arguing in the group about privacy coins and mixers. On one side, it’s “privacy is indispensable,” and on the other, it’s “you’ll get targeted by anti–money laundering sooner or later.” I don’t know which side I’m supposed to stand with. Anyway, even a simple transfer now makes me hesitate for half a day—I’m scared that if the compliance boundaries change later, I won’t even be able to explain my wallet records clearly.

Forget it. Let it be like this for now—keep staring at the mempool. After all, even after I’ve watched it, I’ll still miss out.