Last night, the chain got congested, and my transaction was like taking a number at a bubble tea shop... stuck in the mempool waiting in line, first cut in front by a bunch willing to pay more, miners/packagers obviously prioritize those with higher fees, and then your transaction slowly gets pushed back. The worst part is you think once you click submit, it's done, but it’s still hanging there: maybe it goes through, maybe it expires, or maybe you accidentally “accelerate” it by resubmitting repeatedly. I also thought about the current NFT royalty debates, where everyone is arguing—everyone wants smoother secondary liquidity, but creators don’t want to be treated as air, basically all fighting over “who gets taken care of first.” The information noise is too overwhelming, so I have one trick: only look at actual on-chain transactions and order book changes, don’t let the timeline make your hands shake.