Blocks are full.
In the past 4 hours, my bitcoin transaction has not confirmed. It is a $10 usd transaction with a small fee. In the past, these kinds of transactions would have never before been delayed this long. Recently, it is getting more and more common.
I'm not worried about losing funds - the transaction will get confirmed at some point.
But, I tried to send bitcoin to purse to complete another test order. I cannot complete my order this evening, due to delays in the bitcoin transaction processing.
If this were my first experience with bitcoin, I would be done.
We really, really need bigger blocks. I just don't get that other people do not understand the urgency. Do they even use bitcoin to make payments?!?