@cypherdoc @Norway It was definitely a strange scene at the MIT Expo! I was pretty surprised that the presenter just started rushing in with a more-or-less non-technical and practical stance that obviously the max block size should be increased. His points were totally reasonable from my perspective of course. But I was thinking the whole time that people are going to be all over this guy. I have to give him credit for doing it. But it was a pretty short presentation and obviously didn't have time to get into any of the technical nuances.
It was pretty humorous to see the questioners go into meltdown mode. You could almost see the smoke coming out of their ears. As if they were like "How dare you just SAY we can raise the block size! You heathen!"
It was hard for me to gauge the sentiment in the room, but it did seem the speaker maintained his composure for the most part. Whether or not the questioners appeared credible is hard for me to say.
Reminds me of the famous Samuel Johnson quote, "Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome." That is the tar-pit "consensus" strategy of the Core team, and unfortunately very effective.
The rage of the small-blockers is quite amusing. How DARE you even THINK of raising the block size, you FOOL! There may be PROBLEMS!
It's a strange psychological study that they find it utterly offensive to merely suggest the idea. So much for being on the cutting edge of technological frontiers.
