Supplying a lot of Blobs has been a deliberate choice to support the L2 scaling roadmap. The upcoming fork Pectra introduces EIP-7691 which will x1.5 the number of blobs per block.
Research discussions are ongoing on blob fees but will take years to be included if ever (see EIP-7762 and EIP-7918).
This proposal argues for a voluntary contribution (a tip) as an acknowledgement that something may be wrong in the way Blobs are priced. It sends a strong signals to the community:
- The protocol economics debate is taken seriously
- In protocol changes re blobs are expected and will be welcome
- Meanwhile, tipping blobs will support ETH staking