Quote from: jackg on Today at 08:18:35 AM

Quote from: Wind_FURY on Today at 08:09:41 AM

I was talking more about on-chain, limited block space, if higher tx demand = higher fees. Off-chain, limited capital available, therefore limited payment channels, if higher tx demand = higher fees.

I can't decide if this makes sense or if its just me, could you rephrase it?

I don't think it makes sense Tongue

Nodes will always be limited in funds, but they can send the funds they have back and forth many times. Nodes may require balancing at some point, if all their funds are "on one side" of their channels, but that can be done by adjusting fees: if there's a lot of funds on one side, routing could even be free as it helps the node. If there's not much funds left, fees can be high to encourage routes to pass through a node that has a better balance.

More demand will lead to more nodes, which gives more possible routes:
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(Source: Visualisers of the Lightning Network)

Maybe it's better to compare LN with for instance mobile phone prices, and not with for instance oil prices. With oil, a higher demand leads to a higher price. With phones, producing a billion of them makes them a lot cheaper than producing only 1000.
I'd love to see how LN performs at a billion transactions per day Cheesy