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Must mining be profitable for Bitcoin to succeed? If no, what are the mitigations?

It is clear that mining is responsible for securing the network, and it is incentivised by block payouts and transaction fees.

I've also seen discussions regarding different incentives for miners in the event block payouts and transaction fees are insufficient incentive for 51% of the good guys to mine the network.

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What are the current proposals (or theories) that will maintain a secure Bitcoin network in the event mining is not profitable?