I made a small transaction the other day. It was confirmed in about 10 minutes. No problems. I'm taking this as a good sign.
Maybe. But there are 70k+ transactions now, 90k+ transactions yesterday, and Bitcoin network evidently cannot handle the demand. I am waiting the 3rd day for my TX to confirm! So the proponents of 2X have been right. Bitcoin is heading to a disastrous waterfall and happy that the water got calm (2x has been cancelled).