Since this XT drama began, I was wondering about Gavins desperate efford to force bigger blocksize, even after he obv. realized, that there is a strong resistance against this fork. I mean, he could have simply stepped back and wait for the right time to come up with his idea again. When the current blocksize really turns out to be problematic, then he would have a majority and a consensus.
Instead he is knowingly dividing/weakening the Bitcoin community (incl. himself) for his idea.
This behaviour doesn't seem appropriate to me. Is there something more behind it, than just a larger blocksize?
The only "desperation" I'm seeing is people like you trying to stifle discussion and debate. You're afraid to allow the market to decide. You don't want to let people to have a choice in case they choose a path you don't approve of. If you want to use an open-source coin where anyone can make alterations to the code and release their own version of the client, you have to accept it when that actually happens. If you can't accept that, there are plenty of closed-source coins out there that you might find more to your liking. Larger blocksizes aren't just "
his idea". It's an idea that many people support. All you can do is attack him because you're having trouble attacking the idea. If I were a coder and released another client that supported larger blocks, would you be attacking me as well?
Bitcoin core is not a permanent authority on what Bitcoin is or should be. Neither are its developers. Bitcoin is not a dictatorship and one group of developers doesn't get to make all the decisions forever. If you don't understand that, why are you even here?