My understanding is that the ' Michele Truthers ' were convinced she was winning specifically because she was staying quite visible while not providing much of interest . <| sep |> 1 Transaction fees in the past and even right now to me at least are low enough to not really care much about in most instances , sometimes I even pay extra just for shits or if I want to make sure it goes through right away . Sometimes I pay hardly anything if I don ' t care about it taking several hours or a day or so . Up to 75 % less of what is already a tiny fraction of the value being moved , isn ' t really all that enticing of an incentive . It does add up though I suppose , so it ' s not nothing . 2 The fee market that Blockstream wants directly contradicts this one incentive they made for segwit adoption . If fees are up 75 % on average and you get to pay 75 % less than that , you aren ' t saving money . Blocks are already full and have been for some time , the fee pressure is slowly mounting , if segwit activates it will only have a gradual effect as people start using it , which means blocks will always be full . Using segwit might mean that you can pay less than other participants on the network at the moment , but that price is probably going to be higher than today .