As mentioned, the problem is that increasing that value enough to matter could increase the storage/etc costs of monitoring the blockchain to an extent that wou

As mentioned, the problem is that increasing that value enough to matter could increase the storage/etc costs of monitoring the blockchain to an extent that would be prohibitive for many people. If those costs come down then the "efficiency" can be increased without any impact. It looks like in the last decade they dropped about 10-100x: https://hblok.net/storage_data/storage_memory_prices-2017-12_large.png https://hblok.net/storage_data/storage_memory_prices-2017-12... http://drpeering.net/FAQ/What-are-the-historical-transit-pricing-trends.php http://drpeering.net/FAQ/What-are-the-historical-transit-pri...