At least we know the real reason why now, Smoothie.
BCX is concerned that XMR may become 'better than bitcoin' or 'better than litecoin' and is trying to protect existing holdings from that.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=789978.msg9068159#msg9068159
So much for 'forced evolution', though we got that too.
You read that too didn't you? Nice catch.What's next, a whacked out conspiracy that this was all planned by myself, Anonymint and rpietilla to triple the volume on Poloniex and keep Monero at the forefront for three weeks on this forum?
~BCX~
You've successfully just planted that seed.