Thanks for reply. I didn't quote it to keep the clutter down

I think one thing is that the problems discussed in this thread highlight the need for alternative chains. One way to keep cryptocurrencies decentralized is to make sure there are many of them. And I mean I guess thats why we're all her in the altcoin thread... But the other aspect of this notion is that you can't waste your time developing these systems if you think you have something worthy of developing. The only solution that truly fails to solve a problem is the solution that's not implemented.
And the other aspect is that bitcoin maximalists are just vested idiots.