Is it really? If they're both bitcoin why is there concern that people will flee bitcoin for BU? Why are there questions about how people will get coins on the BU blockchain? If it's a competition between which is going to continue on in the future they must be separate entities fighting for the same name.
If BU and Core are both bitcoin...what's trading when I go to Blockchain.info? Is it BTC Core or BU? Are there separate exchanges for BU?
If they're both bitcoin then no one should be concerned...obviously that's not happening right now.
BU is bitcoin. It's BU vs Core, not BU vs BTC.
BU and Core both are both bitcoin right now, so it's unfair to call the one bitcoin and the other not.
In fact BU even has more hashrate, so if anything, BU is the real bitcoin right now.
Instead of a fork, creating (what sounds like) a separate currency. Why can't we all agree to halt trading for 48 hours or a week to allow the capability for greater blocksize to be coded in...i.e., increase the pipes to allow greater flow. Then after the agreed upon timeframe the exchanges open back up and transactions can resume.
None of that is needed.
You can change the code without needed to halt trade.
From block 500,000 onwards, blocksize will be 4MB.