If it's so easy to add greater capacity to Bitcoin, why the f*ck is this debate and controversy so widespread? BU must not matter then...according to you guys.
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.
You can even write a rule like:
From block 500,000 onwards, blocksize will be 4MB.
Absolutely true and I bet that many people around knew that.
It is one of these easy stories that drop the market two floors down, when necessary.
I expected this story, or a similar one, to pop up again after the next leg up. And again, it will create a shitstorm for couple of days only to ignite a drop, with no real effect on Bitcoin development.