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The block limit is the technological limit that constrains the on-chain capacity, the arise of fees is the free market reaction.
People representing 90% of global hashrate disagreed during their panel in HK.
The idea that 1MB, "scaling" up to 1.75MB equiv with the gradual rollout of segwit, well into 2017... is the technological limit? That's
BS and you know it.
The important part of their plan is that hard forks
remain "controversial".