I agree, just had a transaction with a recommended $5 fee due to it being my dust collecting address. So yeah pretty big, so I altered it to 4000 satoshi and it went through pretty much straight away. I was expecting it to get stuck for a week and refunded, so was pleasantly surprised.
What we are calling "dust" today could be "dollar cents" tomorrow. So there must be a way to send for near-to-zero-fees and getting through eventually. Trading time vs. costs so these sorts of transactions would have to "pay in time".
That is a nifty chart. I can compare with my visual impression of logged in people at Poloniex, either from trollbox activity or their own numbers stated, and acknowledge there ARE more people using crypto. Definitely.
But that number ranks up slow and steady almost linear to time. Means mempool fill levels got gamed, and a distinct level of required fees would squench that afford.
