There's really only two outcomes without a higher or removed max block size: stagnation or network congestion failure.
Like you don't need a gun to kill an ant, you don't need bitcoin to buy your damned coffee. Bitcoin is for gentlemen's transactions. Capisc?
As this block size debate clearly shows: gentlemen don't use Bitcoin.
I assumed we all had our butlers manage our day-to-day financial affairs. Dear god, did you people think I actually dirtied my hands with 1s and 0s? These silk gloves are white for a reason.
Hence my lack of participation in the block size debate: it's frightfully dull, I would need to associate with the hoi polloi, and if BTC goes south I'll simply sack my butler. (Sorry, Woodhouse).
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