Pretty crazy how multi-millionaires are throwing $100,000,000 around back and forth playing fire with most people's life-savings worth ~0.001% that
It's not really a big deal. Beyond making a point to the community at large (brought about by the results), it doesn't really matter how high the stakes are if they both have the money.
Of course it's their money they can do whatever they want (and I absolutely appreciate the spectacle of it), but I wish this community was more about investing to grow itself rather than wiener-swinging bets for protocol preference. Forgetting the value relative to other peoples savings... the amount they are talking about is enough to make a significant dent in bitcoins global value, whether through investment in startups, funding for developers, or whatever else.