I'm far from a math or Bitcoin guru, but I have a quick question. At 185,000 unconfirmed transactions and 100 transactions a second, if we all took a chill pill for 30 minutes, wouldn't the BlockChain be clear? Thanks in advance!
sure, the mempool will be emptied if the conditions you said met: we all took a chill pill & 100 txs/sec
but if you check btc.com bottom right corner, (at a time I write this)
Unconfirmed Txs Count: 48,316 and
24h Tx Rate: 3.42 txs/s <~ way off 100 txs/s your assumption
48,316 / 3.5 txs / 60 sec / 60 min =~ 3.83 hours, is it possible to ask the whole world to take a chill pill for 3.83 hrs