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?
It seems to me he wants Bitcoin to be viable as a currency, while a lot of others see it fine as a commodity and used for trade of larger purchases. His push for larger blocks seems like he wants to be able to say Bitcoin can handle as many tx/s as visa and one day see it happen.
I think it is just passion not malice.