Sent 0.13 btc from wallet to bittrex and it hasnt gone-seen by 1 peer.pending/unconfirmed for 4 hours?http://blockexplorer.com/tx/de2ee2568874ca389015814ff8f9ecc82979361eb9f10790fa9c06217d388229

I think bitcoin is a great idea and originally for the purpose of sending and receiving goods and services,from are own private bank accounts ie wallets and to avoid fiat currency inflating the value of are money away.So when did alt currencys and bitcoin become stock exchanges to trade for one another?At the moment it is looking like a dot com bubble,from the gambling going on with the exchanges and alt coin gamblers.How will this effect cryptocurrencys in the future?Could it destroy cryptocurrencys?

Hi i am new to bitcoin and i find it very good mostly,but i had a question that comes up a lot on youtube and in blogs where they say you can send bitcoin anywhere in the world for practically free.Buying Bitcoins from Localbitcoins.com or Bittylicious.com costs me about 5% above bitcoins market price.then i send the bitcoins to a relative in another country for about 0.12c from my wallet to theres,then they cash out there bitcoins for another 5% above bitcoins market price,on one of the mentioned sites,so that comes to 10%.So are people not being honest about these fees,to people new to bitcoin or any of the other alt coins out there?PS,i am not hating on bitcoin just curious what is the cheapest way to do these transactions,or am i going to the wrong websites and why does everyone say it is nearly free to do this?