like we buy a bus ticket from a to z . they actually make it stop a Y , and ask for money . if not they us in some quite mountain alone and go to die.
bitcoin now so expensive these people, BTC miners were hostage taker on our transaction and no law can say it illegal. they know it.
from here you can see a a priority of your transaction . whatever it near to complete , they kick back your transaction back for 3 or 5 block behind . each block take average 20 minutes.
https://blockchair.com/bitcoin/transaction/ (put your hash here) . we all being play around by this BTC miners. i follow this for hours . every times my transaction near to 2 block to complete. they kick it back to behind
This is a sad story of exploitation but it's all done legally. I wish I knew how to mine coins had I known it would be so profitable... or maybe not. Seems like mining equipment are complex toys and you really need to know what you're doing to recover the cost of those super computers. Then you have electricity. Won't work where I live. The local utility company here are in bed with the Prime Minister and they enjoy monopoly at its finest (and priciest!) form.
Going back to the topic in hand, I can't help but agree with you about that bus ticket analogy you used above. I accept and realize however that it's either I pay or I wait ages in line. I'd rather pay and enjoy priority service served while the rest of the stingy penny-pinching crowd waits.
Sending microscopic small amounts of coin will hurt badly. Using bitcoin as a merchant in a retail environment is probably best avoided. Imagine paying $4 worth of coin for a cup of coffee but seeing $20 taken from your wallet with fees included.