I was a Ethereum honker for a long time - now I'm actually out of the asset and only exposure is thru ETHE in my 401k. The network is just so unusable at the moment until Proof of Stake upgrade happens. Which gives me concern about the decentralization since it probably wont be mom and pop staking for transaction processing. I tried to get into the CryptoDad NFT drop this week and it was 0.07 ETH to Mint (~$175 USD at the time) and the Gas fees we had to pay miners just to actually Mint was 0.08 ETH
It cost MORE money to actually USE the platform than for the product we were trying to purchase.
I have since moved onto Solana and the difference is absolutely insane. Nearly instant transaction confirmations with Proof of History, massive amounts of institutional investment backing and the cost of a transaction has been 0.00025 SOL (Fractions of a penny) I'm able to stake in non-diverging asset pools for nearly 30% APR without running the risk of impermanent loss. Salute the concept and have nothing but awe and respect for the doors Vitalik and Ethereum have created, but damn is it hard to ever go back to try and use ERC-20 chain here on out.