Am I the only one realizing that ~$1 fee to make a transaction is absolutely insane and defeats one of the core benefits of using bitcoin for daily transactions.
This is getting insane and is completely uncalled for, or am I wrong?
You are not wrong, and i absolutely agree with you. It is insane, i mean alike you said, imagine people who use bitcoin daily, it must be hell for them. And the worst part is that, even if you pay that much you will still have problem of transferring. Few days ago i wanted to buy something, and i payed fee of 0.75 dollars or something like that, and it took more than two days for payment to be transferred... I hope they will deal with that, and soon i hope.