@gregm you got that right about the Bitcoin maximalists. If they keep that up Bitcoin will only remain a niche currency at best. Personally, I just can't see Bitcoin getting past the scaling issue at least for a while. SegWit is has to have 95% to activate and a hard fork seems very unlikely to BU. I would be very surprised if Bitcoin scales in the next year. Only after they have crisis or another alt coin de-thrones Bitcoin will they do anything. That's the way I see it anyway.