is just a fork only.. might as well keep some bitcoin and get some of them if its available.. yes you are right bitcoin fees are high and has very slow in transaction. i think bitcoin will upgrade in Q1 of 2018 that will give bitcoin a huge pump.
No point upgrading any hardware of the 20,000 full nodes because we already have 100 X more horse power
than we need so we waste it with PoW and CPU war when mining so you must be talking about a software
upgrade which has already been planned and is called "Lightning Network" and is being tested but BTC had
been tested for six years and look at the mess we are in today.
Lightning is a move towards banking and uses channels and centralized hubs but it's really a means
to extend lines of credit, it's what banks do when not burning energy with the CPU war that has been created
as an Easter Egg in BTC
See
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYHFrf5ci_g if you want an education
instead of playing slot machines and hoping your luck last out for the next round