if anything the barrier to entry on running a full node should be raised to make it easier to hear the voice of Serious participants, participants that matter like bitpay, bitfinex, or tiger direct.
Do you even realize what you're saying? Were you already corrupted by the people on that other (horrible) forum? The option to run a node should always remain as cheap as possible.
Indeed. I'm not sure how you thought such a view would be received, adamstgBit, but even as someone who supports a larger blocksize, that's just plain wrong in my view. "Participants that
matter"? That sounds equally as horrid as the elite-chain fans who think that only the whales and early adopters matter. The voice that should carry the most weight is the one talking the most sense, not just whoever happens to be a big company.