The reason why base layer bitcoin is such a small, constrained database system is because it, uniquely, requires *every* participant to know and verify *everything*, so you can't split up workload.

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Okay I can grasp that, but isn’t even a $10 buy of BTC considered a utxo?

Yes. In 15 years though, a $10 utxo might be completely uneconomic, if it costs more than $10 in fees to ever spend it.

Bitcoin fees effectively depend on how many inputs there are**. Each utxo being spent is an input.

** outputs cost too; it's basically the total amounts of data, in bytes, that you're paying for.

🧐…ok. I was halfway there so thank you 🙏 for taking a moment to explain that.