Today, staring at that pile of "queue tickets" in the mempool made me a bit anxious... You think confirming a transaction is the end of it, but actually, transactions are like riding the subway: first shoved into the pool to wait around, miners/packagers prioritize those who pay higher fees, if you pay less, you end up at the back, catching the cold wind; even worse, during congestion, someone cuts in front (various front-running, sandwich attacks, etc.), you originally wanted to buy at the original price, but by the time it’s confirmed, the price is no longer what you saw initially.

I'm feeling pretty timid now, during congestion I’d rather slow down or just cancel and redo, to avoid losing too much on slippage... Honestly, on-chain it’s not "I submit = I succeed," but "I submit = I go wait in line."

By the way, I’ve been thinking about those recent social mining and fan token calls of "attention is mining," sounds pretty exciting, but when mempool congestion hits, attention won’t save you. In the end, it’s whoever is willing to pay more in fees who gets to go first—that’s pretty realistic. Anyway, I’m not pretending anymore, the less crowded, the better.