Quote from: mikewirth on January 31, 2016, 10:19:46 AM

But if those very important names are taking money from private interests, where those private interests want them to impose artificial limitations that force bitcoin users to adopt fixes like those known as Lightning, then it is good to see those 'important names'.

This is called 'conflict of interest'. Bitcoin Core is controlled by those having a private interest aligned with limited the blocksize. Therefore, fuck them. Good riddance.

Wrong. There is basically zero evidence (which would be considered real and legit) in regards to these accusations. You've been deluded by the opposing party to think so (of course there's a chance, but that chance exists with everyone (see what happened with Hearn)). Segwit is essentially much better than a 2MB block size increase and it adds capacity as well (which grows upwards and is not an instant jump). Nobody is forcing Bitcoin users to do anything. Bitcoin can't scale efficiently without solutions such as the Lightning Network.
Interestingly everyone seems to forget that the Core developers own a decent sum of Bitcoins and would probably profit more if the price went upwards.

The only underlying logic present here is: They don't agree with my view, therefore they are evil and want to artificially limit Bitcoin.