Quote from: KurtB on August 23, 2015, 09:29:55 AM

Quote from: Carlton Banks on August 22, 2015, 09:12:08 AM

It's only serious because of the threat to the system, not because of the technical issue that's the ostensible point of contention.

I think it is a real threat to some companies who sold Bitcoin to their investors as something that it is not. The limited block size is a threat to them and their next round of funding.

Bitcoin is a Mercedes with limited capacity. The compact size gives it superior security. I have never felt uncomfortable in it despite extreme environment conditions.
Security is a function of block size and hashing power.

You can pay for the privilege to get on board (fee).
You can build your own XT-Fiat.
You can walk.

You can not remodel the Mercedes into a Fiat-Ducato just to make it fit your failed business model.

This is what those companies require, they have taken huge amounts of venture capital on the promise that Bitcoin is a Fiat-Ducato.
That's were the pressure comes from.

Bitcoin is more like Wikispeed than a Mercedes: wwwway more exclusive, developed and distributed bottom-up, not top-down. I like your analogy otherwise, it makes a lot of sense.