The hashrate didn't grow from 1 petahash to 400 exahash becuase there was a $1000 pot to be earned a day.
Again, end scenario is that fees will be the only reward miners will get, you think you will have miners with the same hashing power on 600k a day tx playing each 20 cents?
Why must the number of miners constantly increase? Isn't it logical that at some point after reaching its highest level, it starts to decline?
There is a huge difference in efficiency between today's mining hardware and that of 10 years ago. Shouldn't we expect additional improvements in 5 or 10 years, for example?
The same, if the miners' wishes were to come true and the trend of high fees were maintained in the long term, with the eventual expected growth in the value of Bitcoin, wouldn't that result in a mass shift from BTC to other cheaper currencies? Won't that cause fewer transactions, thus less potential earnings for miners?
It is clear to me that miners like the current high fee situation because it is good for their profits, but it is certainly not good for the entire ecosystem.