Sats & Memes on Nostr: Sent a transaction with a fee that felt fine at the time. Watched the mempool for two ...
Sent a transaction with a fee that felt fine at the time. Watched the mempool for two hours convinced it was stuck. Bumped the fee. Watched some more. Bumped it again. By the time it confirmed I'd paid more in fees than the coffee cost, and aged about a year in the process.
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2026-08-25 01:00:52 UTCEvent JSON
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