Is web3js slow?

Question

As I said in my other question, I'm using web3.js to create a DAPP. The problem is that it takes a lot to receive the update after the "await" function. In the following code:

allowAddress = async() => {
let approvedAddress = this.state.approvedAddress;
let approvedValue = this.state.amountAllowed;
this.setState({infoMessage:'Waiting for transaction...'});
try{
let accounts = await web3.eth.getAccounts();
await ContractName.methods.approve(approvedAddress, approvedValue).send({
  from: accounts[0]
//   value: web3.utils.toWei('0', 'ether')
});
console.log("IT WORKED");
}
catch(err){
    this.setState({infoMessage:"something went wrong"});
}
}

console.log("IT WORKED");works only and only after a very long time. Now I can't even specify the value: web3.utils.toWei('0','ether'); because it stops working.

In the past the part after await would run at the same time as metamask. Is there anything I can do?

Answer 1

I advice you to use a callback, not await/async style. Send method should return a tx hash to you, not a result of the transaction.

Answer 2

It doesn't have to do with web3js but with how fast your transaction is mined, and that is tied to your gas price. The higher the gas price, the faster it will get mined.