Great discussion and ideas here!
Another idea I’d like to throw out there is the possibility of pricing .btc names in btc with the fee payable in sbtc. This would strength the connection to bitcoin and the narrative for the namespace.
I’m generally very sympathetic to this sentiment against changing the rules of the game mid play. That said, this project has been pretty clear from the start that updating name prices and expiration lengths is something that is well that we do regularly - it is within the rules of the game. Our goal is to create a usable product for end users and ultimately the ability to do that is going to drive value for people who own names.