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Martin
@koeppelmann.eth
If demand for block-space is inelastic (insensitive to price) even a small (25%) increase in demand can cause 7000x in price. Longterm we either need to hope for elastic demand or develop other strategies to protect apps and user from fee explosions.
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David Furlong
@df
are there good ways to make blockspace elastic (provide more of it when in demand)?
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Martin
@koeppelmann.eth
this is one strategy, the other strategy is to not sell all block space on a "spot market" but instead sell futures - so that a app can get predictable rates for a longer time horizion (like e.g. ~6 month)
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Fran
@0x99fran
Blob space is already somewhat elastic. There is a target and max. When the price is rising it is because demand is exceeding the elastic limits. As they increase the max blob number it can be more elastic.
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