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.