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( -_-) | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 It will never get to that. If the ratio of spendable utxo value to node cost gets too high, the pressure to fork to larger blocks and decentralize the network would be enormous.
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toxicbitcoiner | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Well that’s undoubtedly where it’s headed without a sly roundabout fix.
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( -_-) | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 The pressure will incentivise a solution. Actually, maybe it would make every node a miner again. If a tx fee is $500k, and running a full node is $200, it might make sense to spend $500k on mining to subsidise your own fees.