Bandwidth (throughput+latency) is much bigger issue than HDD storage.
Latest news was that bandwith is no issue. That was why thinblocks was not accepted by core.
If Bitcoin becomes a new reserve currency, it will be about as useful to small people as gold (IE not for everyday coffee purchases).
What?
You mean, we don't need to make bitcoin usefull now, because it will be a reserve currency?
Really?
Thinblocks weren't accepted by core for reasons besides "bandwidth is no issue." Is there even a thinblock BIP under consideration?
So, why then? On r/bitcoin several core devs played it down exactly of this reason. That it is not integrated and there are no plans to integrate it while it is available and working can be considered as a refusement to prepare bitcoin for scaling.
Bitcoin is already useful, right now. You may stop fretting and pouting about that.
Yes. Just yes. Bitcoin is usefull and I wish it to stay this. But it's usefullness is already declining. It needs more time to use it privately.
Bitcoin is on a trajectory to become a reserve currency.
Are you talking with banksters? I do. They don't even think about it. Bitcoin is not on the way to become a reserve currency. In fact it is far away from crossing the point where it has any worth beside the expectation it will be used as a payment system.
Beside all this - your signature is telling a lot about your mindframe. You seem to want very much to tell people what bitcoin is - and what it is not.