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Why are fees at 4 sat/vB and the price pumping?

I give up, I don't understand Bitcoin at all..... 
 Nobody does, especially those that claim they do. 
 Doesn't it depend on what you mean "you understand bitcoin"?

I mean, you can understand how you need to use a light switch, without understanding the underlying working mechanism.

Couldn't that be the case with btc? 🤔 
 Yeh, but I’m an electronics engineer, I do understand the underlying mechanisms down to the quantum uncertainty layer, of which I am certain 😂 
 Also, I’ve decided I definitely don’t understand Bitcoin, despite studying it for nearly 4 years full time 😂 
 Not really bitcoin related but a good read thou

https://cdn.mises.org/Human%20Action_3.pdf 
 Just stay humble and stack sats. That's all there is to it. 
 You don't need many vBytes to pump the price 😁 
 My theory on fees coming down ... We're in a new quarter, and the A16Z VCs have reassessed their investment expenditures into inscriptions and runes and realizing they've burned a lot of sats unnecessarily. Plus, much of the ETF acquisitions are now done via spreadsheets in Coinbase. As a result, block space demand has noticeably reduced on a temporary basis. 

Price pumping because more money started coming in steadily for the past week to week and a half. 
 Had to look up A16Z 😂

I think most of the action is going on off chain UTC “Under The Counter”

We’re being played by investment professionals who’ve been doing this a long time.

Luckily, we all want the price to pump eventually , so we’ll all win! 
 I never, ever bought off on fee / price connection. 
 Looks like history has proved you correct 😀  
 My low IQ never fails me with this stuff.  Just could NEVER understand the connection.  There was none. 
 Agreed 😂