The trade-off here is that becoming a node operator or validator in such a network has much higher hardware demands because those blocks make up a ton of data. This could cause a centralization risk as smaller players are essentially priced out from being a node operator or validator.

Anyway, no matter how you slice it, more activity inevitably begets higher prices.

And to bring this idea to a head, if we’re to imagine that blockchain technology is to underpin all financial markets, then the current design landscape means the future is probably going to be expensive.