Yes, it's being discussed despite the best efforts of some to prevent it.  There's nothing premature whatsoever about my statement.  There is a clear and concerted effort being made to sweep certain ideas under the carpet as they're somehow perceived as dangerous to the status quo.  And people on both sides are repeating disproven and dishonest arguments.  There are still people referring to alternative clients as altcoins when this is fundamentally misleading, or insinuating that releasing a client that proposes a change to the protocol is tantamount to an act of sedition.  This is entirely at odds with an open source project where anyone is free to modify the code as they please.  It's also unfounded to claim that anyone who disagrees with your view must somehow be brainwashed by the mainstream media.