Why is ethereum so slow?

[Oakey22]

When more apps build on Ethereum we will see it grind to a halt unless the Devs look at it before. Hopefully this is a wake up call and they can get it changed pretty soon.

[Jonashe]

it cause cryptokitties
you can see in pending tx at etherscan , there a lot of txid pending.. 25k transactions pending
and if you want trade in etherdelta now, you must use high gwei for gas
recommended gas you can check in here : ethgasstation.info

Ethereum price drop because it can be the 2nd on top market cap if it's scaling problem again. So the next may be IOTA even with the huge correction of today. Blockchain is doomed, can be served for App or micro paiement.

[liangweicha]

No way, recently because of a cat game is very fire, and then the entire block chain are jammed, this is normal, after all, not fast enough.

[Gunpaycity]

according to information there are some altcoin that cost less good but for eth I am sure the price is not slow but rather

[Bren Briones]

I think it is just normal, just like any systems, we may encounter something like this. Just have a little patience over what we are experiencing, I believe that the people behind etherium is not sleeping and making ways on how to resolve the issue. Try again another day if you have a little patience but for those who are willing, put up more patience by your side.

[cryptoenterprise]

It's slow due to the cryptokitties app.

its clogging up the blockchain and ethereum network.

[PolinaVodovatova]

Depends also on what you send... normally 1 Gwei tooks really long but its cheap

[Dr Leon]

I hope they resolve it before the year runs out! Cuz I want to transfer some tokens to ether delta for sale.
And I want to ask a question, I have 0.012eth ,will it be enough to transfer tokens to ether delta and sell?

[Dahman El_Harrachi]

this stupid game Cryptokitties destroyed Ethereum network, imagine if there is another game like that 'cryptopuppies' maybe you prob need more than 1000 Gwei, but let's look at bright side finally ethereum network used for different things other than ICOs.

[StayFly]

Ethereum is not slow just grow your gas price and you can see this first transaction.

Yes, and if you are talking in terms of Ethereum price; the value of Ethereum is going down because many persons are exchanging their ETH for BTC, more than the number ETH buyers.

[Tendou_Karen]

If we talked about the speed of transaction being success, it's depends on how much you pay your gas price, the more gas you pay the faster transsaction being success. But at the moment why ethereum transaction become so slow is because the Crypto Kitties game.

[hyadumadha]

Recommend you to set high gas when doing a transaction.
Otherwise you will be attacked by cryptokitties, later cryptoshark and cryptoanimalkingdom and etc.

[Elseye]

I think that this "slow network" with crypto-kitties as a plan to let the btc bubble explode. At current moment it helps BTC to grow more.

[Vansire]

Any idea when we can expect a fix? Because if this goes on much longer it doesn't look good for Ethereum. You snooze you loose.

[CaptainKid]

I think that this "slow network" with crypto-kitties as a plan to let the btc bubble explode. At current moment it helps BTC to grow more.

So this problem on your part, helps to grow BTC or "bubble explode"? I can not understand you.
Actually, it's interesting when things get better.

[yunuzov]

Ethereum network is getting overloaded lately due to some interesting stuff that i hear for the first time. When this people get bored from it the network will relax and transactions will be fast again.

[Robin789]

I think Ethereum will grow as much as bitcoin. there are thousands of Ethereum transactions
going through Ethereum network. Hope we see some action to speed up confirmation times. thanks.

[urbanpixel]

I got rid of ETH since I was under impression it is going waaaay down. Maybe I am wrong about it, but at least BTC went up, so I recovered what I lost on ETH...

[buharikx31]

I think a lot of people switched from bitcoin to ethreum and use it for making payments,  because of bitcoin fee price, it not that valuable as btc, but better then paying from 10-30$ for payment

[hashshashin]

I think a lot of people switched from bitcoin to ethreum and use it for making payments,  because of bitcoin fee price, it not that valuable as btc, but better then paying from 10-30$ for payment

Do not you agree with the opinion that this is due to a game called Crypto Kitties In addition, why switch to Ethereum, with such a demand and such a crazy increase in the cost of BTC?