The problem is that the fees grow when there's a large backlog of transactions. And if the transactions grow faster than there's new blocks to process them, then the backlog grows infinitely and no amount of fees will ever get them all into the blockchain simultaneously.
We need second layer solutions like Lightning Network, and the Bitcoin Core developers should have listened 5+ years ago when a huge fraction of the community back then warned about exactly these problems, and asked for a plan for larger blocks.
Back then we were told it's not a problem, won't happen, can be solved easily, etc...
Right now some people says it's obviously working well because people are obviously willing to pay the transaction fees. These people are ignoring the long term effects of killing off important usecases and reducing demand, and that some only pay the fees so they can cash out. They don't understand psychology, and barely grasp the numbers.
We need second layer solutions like Lightning Network, and the Bitcoin Core developers should have listened 5+ years ago when a huge fraction of the community back then warned about exactly these problems, and asked for a plan for larger blocks. Back then we were told it's not a problem, won't happen, can be solved easily, etc... Right now some people says it's obviously working well because people are obviously willing to pay the transaction fees. These people are ignoring the long term effects of killing off important usecases and reducing demand, and that some only pay the fees so they can cash out. They don't understand psychology, and barely grasp the numbers.