buck on Nostr: No. Eventually the beach balls will have to pay a higher and higher fee. If ordinals ...
No. Eventually the beach balls will have to pay a higher and higher fee. If ordinals are useless than it will become less and less worthwhile to pay for. The protocol designers from the start expected blocks to fill up which would drive up fees which would support the network.
You’re making the same argument big blockers made 5 years ago. There’s functionally no difference from saying “but what if there’s only room for 20 people on the bus then only rich people could ride it”. People even made bus/transport visualizations to make these points!
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