I sure wish the Miner Wankers and the Developer Wankers would get together and SOLVE the scaling problem(s). Else they may damage the Bitcoin Ecosystem and discourage newbies from joining the community.
BTC to $5000 if/when they resolve all of this (credit to jonald_fyookball for that prediction, and I would agree with that number)
I'm skeptical about soonest resolution of the issues Bitcoin is currently facing
I don't know about developers, but miners are certainly going to prolong the present status quo as long as possible simply because any solution will put their profits from transaction fees at risk. If Large Blocks are accepted they will just reveal to the world their complete roguishness by not filling up the blocks to their full capacity (with a lot of unconfirmed transactions still sitting in the pool), just like they are (not) doing now. If SegWit gets activated (and Lightning Network soon thereafter), that will cut a gaping dent in their profits right away. Regarding Bitcoin going to 5K dollars per coin, that's unlikely, at least, not in the short term. There is simply not enough money in the cryptomarket to buy up so many bitcoins to support prices at that level in a consistent way