Many of your points contradict each other. * Transaction fees go to the miners so high transaction fees mean more miners. There have been a few blocks now whe

Many of your points contradict each other. * Transaction fees go to the miners so high transaction fees mean more miners. There have been a few blocks now where the total transaction fees are larger than the built-in block reward. * High transaction fees are an issue but they are also directly tied to price & usage. If bitcoin price/usage drops then transaction fees will drop. High transaction fees also make spamming useless/small transactions as part of a DOS quite expensive. * Lost coins increase the price due to decreased supply.