I feel the core dev team is not willing to make the appropriate trade offs.
I do believe we could of had the 2MB limit inplace months ago and all this pain/anxiety avoided.
but the Core dev team doesn't seem very concerned with end users pain/anxiety, as much as they are with theoretically more elegant scaling.
I feel they are programmers not qualified to manage and direct of the project, and they are making bad decision, maybe the decision they make are technically more elegant, but they are currently create a more elegant user experience. but they are convinced that the users dont matter because its Bitcoin birth right to replace central banking.
Bitcoin is up and running well (assuming one uses reasonable fees ~5¢/transaction) despite an onslaught of ill-intention persons. Shame on all of us for not adjusting our marketing messages earlier to set expectations better. Find me another system that has withstood as much and moves millions of dollars a day.
Who pays the Core Dev Team? Are they doing all their work for Bitcoin for free?
My sincerest heartfelt praise and admiration go out to Core Dev Team members! They are giving us something I couldn't do myself. That said, I do think there's room for improvement on the handling of perceptions front. I sincerely believe they have the overall good of Bitcoin *and* the users of it foremost in their minds.
Lauda has done a yeoman's job representing the positions; thank goodness someone has the patience.