with thinblocks and other improvements you probably could run a node from home with 100MB blocks ( provided you have a unlimit BW plan, somthing in the order of 50-100$/month ) 
not that i care if individual users have to run SPV clients while full node are ran by 1000's of businesses.
what you dismiss as a scaling solution is infact the classical scaling solution.
and you fail to understand that centralization of accessibility to TX on the blockchain is infinitely worse then node centralization.
not that i care if individual users have to run SPV clients while full node are ran by 1000's of businesses.
what you dismiss as a scaling solution is infact the classical scaling solution.
and you fail to understand that centralization of accessibility to TX on the blockchain is infinitely worse then node centralization.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%BCbler-Ross_model#Stages
3. Bargaining The third stage involves the hope that the individual can avoid a cause of grief. Usually, the negotiation for an extended life is made in exchange for a reformed lifestyle. People facing less serious trauma can bargain or seek compromise.