Gas is pretty cheap right now as there's little network activity due to crypto winter - people are holding their crypto.
And yes 15 seconds is slow.
Indeed, a human readable address is nice if you trust whoever gave it to you (ENS is naming not identity, someone else can register dcolkitt.eth or dcolkit.eth or dcollkit.eth if they like).
There's some good bits and some bad bits. Not advocating for or against crypto.
Re:Crypto Winter, or Crypto Ice Age?
by ChadNauseam on Thursday July 14, 2022 @02:43PM
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If you think 15 seconds for Ethereum is slow, you'll hate wire transfers
On "famously expensive and slow" Ethereum, the USDC transfers took 15 seconds and cost under $2. Oh and even better, I was able to just use a simple human readable [X].eth address, instead of an incomprehensible string of routing number digits.