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For now, the consensus emerging from the economic majority is that the 1MB limit won't move.

You're free to discuss pipedreams scenarios but they're just that, delusions, and nothing that reflects current reality.

You have to admit that Core has a certain sort of inertia. There's a big chunk of operators still plugging along on previous versions of Core. I also haven't seen an alternative that has the level of ongoing support that I'm comfortable with... so far. I really had high hopes for some kind of good will compromise between the opposing forces (ala garzik), bringing us back together with a common purpose... but it appears that is not going to be the case.