Understanding the machinations of the fees is not the same as the experience as a *user*, and that is the experience I'm attempting to explain because it is the experience the majority of people will have with the software. So these fee topics will keep coming up.

Pay for a faster transfer? how fast is that? it isn't explained. Now I know, but the concept is slippery.

Pay a higher fee when actually your transaction qualifies as fast and free anyway? that is a fee that is wasted.

Does paying a fee increase confirmation time? no, right? yet the confirmation time is a critical part of the transaction time.