Theymos has stated he is against contentious hardforks and won't support anything without "consensus".
When asked, he defined consensus as "no significant disagreements".
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Thoughts?
I think there will be "no significant disagreements" when it is very evident it
must be raised.
One day, the time will come and we
must raise to avert a obvious visible danger/disaster.
Currently, a blocksize increase doesn't seem necessary for a preventative protocol measure for future use/anticipation.
If this is true, it is possible we won't see evidence of consensus for a raise till around 2018-2020, IMO.
The question is, do we continue to wait till necessary or do we act now in anticipation?
Only time will tell.