I suspect people are paying more in fees than are necessary now because we got accustomed to it and use the default wallet settings.

The mem pool has mysteriously been "less full" since BU had its first node crash and the ETF thing finished. Its clear we have been spammed for months .

I would like to remind everyone to check your default wallet settings as many changed this to "priority" in recent months. Change to low or economy. I have saved $100's in transaction fees in the last couple weeks.