We also need to testrun a permanent 1MB cap altcoin. We haven't got one of those yet.
which is false
Sorry I was unaware of one. Can you post a link to this altcoin?
for simulation/proof of concept just start an altcoin with tiny blocklimit and see how it pans out or alternatively use Bitcoin.
So far Bitcoin and various altcoins with 1mb blocklimit have been working flawless for years, so i don't know what you actually ask for.
Well it's not the same. I believe the market may react differently to a coin with a permenant cap vs a temporary cap.
To my knowledge we don't have a permanently capped block size coin. Unless you know otherwise.
So far no coin reached the cap in blocksize in a way that it would have created any problems. Launching a coin with explicitely capped blocksize and otherwise good parameters could be a big success imo.
People love coins that just work and don't hardfork all the time.
If a dev would actually launch an altcoin that is good as is (a piece of art) and will not need any hardforks other than in case something is broken - i know i would buy this coin in bulks.
Perfection and genius is shown in a coin that is at launch so good that it never needs to hardfork again. Achieving this would earn huge respect.
Bells and whistles and permanent updates are for the simple minded to get them warm and running. Perfection from the getgo is what real quality is. We're dealing here with moneytokens afterall.
A hardfork is always a confession: "we haven't gotten it right from the start"
So in my opinion each hardfork lowers the objective quality of a coin.