Comment by janandonly

Then you did not look (closely) enough at BTC. When transaction prices went up in 2017 [1] the second layer technology "Lightning" was invented and build-out.

Right now, Joe Average, can transact for fractions of pennies. [2]

[1] http://melaurent.github.io/spamattack/

[2] https://bitcoinist.com/lightning-cnbc-sent-btc-to-a-ukranian...