Re: Bitcoin XT - Officially #REKT (also goes for BIP101 fraud)
How can we loose that free choice if anyone is free to release an alternate client the same way XT would have. If it get enough support it will simply be adopted.
Yes, at this point, the block size limit debate is sound and fury, signifying nothing. If the market wants to increase the block size limit, then it will increase the block size limit.
I've shown these diagrams a lot because I think they reveal the essence of the situation. If the limit remains to the right of Q*, then it doesn't really matter what the limit is because it does not affect the free market dynamics. However, if the limit falls to the left of Q*, then the pressure due to the deadweight loss will eventually cause a fork to move the limit back to the right of Q*!
TL/DR: There is no way to stop Bitcoin from growing.
There real question is, how the free market will succeed at getting what it wants if Core devs are standing on its way?
I think a possible scenario could be an aggressive fork by major economic players leading the way and hoping for the best...