To the best of my judgement bitcoin is in the middle of a coup attempt. The intellectual part of the attack force is headed by Blockstream. Who knows who else is behind. Probably some very powerful forces. Some background reading: https://forum.bitcoin.com/ama-ask-me-anything/i-m-mike-hearn-creator-of-lighthouse-bitcoinj-and-bitcoin-xt-ask-me-anything-t2207.html http://forums.prohashing.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=650 https://medium.com/@octskyward/on-block-sizes-e047bc9f830 If bitcoin is not allowed to scale bitcoin is probably basically worthless.[…]