That said, there probably are interesting pricing models that can be more responsive to demand.

Exactly. Most of us are free market guys, right? Let that invisible hand decide.

siggy47

Or, the owners of territories will become "landed" gentry. Buying outright for 3 million sats might be quite the long term investment.

Undisciplined

replies in territories, recouping sats from territories

needcreations_

If Bitcoin hit $1M, the cost to start a territory would be >$1,000 USD. The 100k sats cost is fine for now and possibly for a 2x/3x, but would obviously have to change at some point. More users may mean better distribution among people and more zaps, but would also mean there will be many with very few sats to spend while wealth is still concentrated. 