Cheers to this great community. I have a question that does not let me sleep soundly.
I'll go straight to the point
Since I got to know cryptocurrencies I have always used the exchange platform localbitcoins, I was there for many years...
A week ago I got interested in wallets like electrum, exodus, wasabi, etc ... Because I wanted to have full control of my bitcoins. So I did my research and without thinking I moved all my bitcoins to the electrum wallet and wasabi wallet (50/50).
Being at this point, there is something that I do not understand and it is the reason why I am writing this, my question is ...:
Because before, when I used localbitcoins, when sending a transaction regardless of the amount, the fee was always between $ 1-5 and the confirmation time was 10-30 minutes. I used this platform for many years and never paid more than $ 3- $ 5 fee or had to wait more than 15-30 minutes. (send thousands of high- and low-amount transactions)
Now with my money in the wallets I did a little research on fees, mempol etc ... As you know, the wallets allow you to set the fee on your own, but if I try to choose between $ 2 and $ 5, the wait is very long ( 2 or 3 days), why in localbitcoins right now you can send any amount and pay 3 $ or 5 $?
I know that for some this may be very simple, I am a newbie. Thanks in advance for the answer