As we are all aware, the 2x condition from the Segwit2x NY agreement has failed to be met. The Bitcoin blocksize will remain the same, and transactions per second will be stuck around 3. As a consequence, it is also very likely that we continue to see fees at levels only investment demand can shrug off. Use-cases and actual usage outside of exchanges are unlikely to accelerate going forward. Bitcoin’s utility is in peril, and these are likely the reasons why you desired the compromise to expand the blocksize in the first place.

Perhaps confirmation times or fees don’t matter to you and you have full faith that the Lightning Network will operate at a level that invites massive adoption; but if transaction times and fees do matter and you don’t want to put your full faith in a network that has yet to function, there is a version of Bitcoin that just might be right for you.