changes should not be made willy nilly to bitcoin's protocol, and merely for the sake of change when $7billion is directly at stake, and there seems to be around $20billion invested around bitcoin (maybe some of that is also shared by alt coin investments). http://www.newsbtc.com/2016/05/24/cryptocurrency-market-bitcoin-worth-19-48-billion-2016/
If only the VCs would have bought directly into bitcoin instead of cashburning
i wonder how much of that VC money ended up in coders' hands who turned around and bought bitcoin with it ??