BldSwtTrs said: When could we reasonably expect to see this scaling controversy be terminated?



Months have passed and it seems we are still at the same point. I know a lot of discussions have taken place. As expected, this have gone nowhere.



Are we doomed to wait indefinitely until something bad happens or is there any hope that this issue will be solved within the foreseeable future?



For example, by reading this thread I know that Bitcon Unlimited is in preparation. When will it be released? Is it a serious contender? (ie. is there a serious chance influential people will support it?) Click to expand...

To attempt to answer this question, which really is most likely an unknown to most people including myself, unless there is a group of insiders planning something behind the scenes, which anecdotal and circumstantial evidence might suggest.Ultimately it is up to the participants of the Bitcoin economy to bring about change, from miners, businesses and users. We all have an influence, I do my part by running nodes, mining and participating in the forum discussions. I do think that if we see Core continue to delay, we will see Bitcoin fork, this situation can not continue forever. However the truth is that nobody really knows how this is going to end, considering that this is completely unprecedented in history.I think that this is a test of the governance mechanism within Bitcoin, I can not be sure if it will work but I believe that it will. My hope is that soon there will be an industry announcement pledging support for BIP101 or another implementation that increases the blocksize. If this does not happen it will have to be a community lead fork instead. I am prepared to do this even if we are in the minority, which I suspect we are not. The only way to find out however will be to take this action, for the moment this would still be unwarranted, until January at least, which is when BIP101 will be able to first be activated. Even if the majority of the industry is planning to do this it is possible that they have not revealed their intention clearly in order not to cause undue panic in the market.In short, wait till January, see what happens, if BIP101 does not fork the network, we can initiate a community lead fork instead. I am also itching to see Bitcoin unlimited released as well, I am sure the theZerg is working hard on it, I am expecting it be released in a few days? Not sure how long such a development is supposed to take? I think it is very important that it is released soon though, we need more alternatives for people to choose from, this will help further decentralize development and effectively help preserve the freedom inherent within the protocol.