Me personally I believe BTC to be far to volatile now then it ever has been and not to mention the INSANELY FUCKING HIGH transaction fees.
Its what like 16$ median transaction fee if you dont want your TX to be stuck in the blockchain forever and this is after lightning has been launched to reduce strain on the network correct?
IMHO BTC is no longer a viable option for us and DNMs. I personally have been investing the small amount of BTC I have and some extra investments into altcoins (IE LTC and XMR).
I personally think there needs to be a grand movement on markets and vendors DDs and everything to move to an alternative crypto, one that is not so god damn volatile and that can actually be viable.
even for large packs it doesnt make fucking sense to have to spend ~$60 for a kpack of something on FUCKING TRANSACTION FEES! this doesnt include tumbling or fees taken when converting USD to BTC which is usually anywhere from 5-15% ontop of the ridiculous fees.
The blockchain cant take it any more, i used to be like "eh fuck it ill cut the median tx fee in half and itll only take like an hour or 2." not anymore, you pay the ridiculous high fee(currently like 16$ per TX), or risk your tx stuck in the blockchain forever.
/end rant
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