Validator fixed cost were our biggest concern going into this and has been ever since Replicated Security was announced. I’ve heard a lot of approaches aimed towards mitigating this from a lot of teams working in and around cosmos.
The cosmos HUB needs to orient around long term value aligned product growth, and instead of pausing until the perfect technology is shipped, we should keep growing, demonstrate PMF and incentivize all relevant teams to solve these issues with more urgency.
Open communication and feedback like this is extremely important. we need to protect the validator set while growing the HUB. We just started an open discussion with relevant parties on telegram. Please feel free to join Telegram: Join Group Chat