I've completely disregarded that word. I've listed an example and an additional way of confirming it yourself, that's more than enough. A example that you've intentionally chosen to ignore. Again, instead of writing additional posts I suggest that you do research or use IRC.

I bought some bitcoin last year. But I am moving some bitcoin into Ethereum. It is in the fast rising stage.

I didn't have to be there. This was said several times by several people, you just have to do an adequate amount of reading. There are also developers who have voiced disagreement over the meeting (e.g. maaku). You're free to ask these people directly on IRC, but you will get the same answer. Just because person X is part of Core and person X signed a statement, that does not mean Core (as a group, i.e. everyone) signed the statement. However, the chances of the proposal being rejected by the developers themselves are slim (unless they add more changes aside from the block size increase).

If you think that everyone from Core was represented here, there is something wrong with your comprehension skills (how many times does one have to tell you this?). There is zero guarantee of anything aside from a proposal and code (if they don't want to ruin their reputation and trust). I've even seen people running around and stating that the HF will come as soon as the miners adopt it, ergo people need to do less talking and more reading.

Can't we have both? Bitcoin for me never was a payment system and it clearly failed as that or it's failing if that was the intention. But as storage of wealth and commodity it has proven its value time and time again. It works and it's safe if you understand how it works (it's not that easy for a common person though). Hearn statement had many good points like it or not and we can start to see just how much the market is manipulated.

Now Ethereum is another monster, it's actually starting to get a lot of traction, with a potential so huge that puts other "altcoins" to complete shame because we all know we don't really need them. I think one of the biggest assets of Ethereum is that it is corporate friendly. I'm not talking about just its tech, but its name and image. Bitcoin will never go corporate or mainstream because it's tainted with so many scandals and black market activity, it's sad but true.

Ethereum on the other hand doesn't need to compete with Bitcoin in that way, and if more dapps are developed and companies start to adopt it, it's a matter of time that you can buy Ethereum with fiat and then the game is over...so I think it's wise to not miss this train if you see some potential, you don't need to put all your BTC on it, not even half, just what you can afford. Opportunities like this don't happen every day and the mainstream still didn't catch this but soon they will.

Tell that those guys on r/btc!
What a bunch of idiots over there with all there crazy conspiracy theories regarding Blockstream and Lightning Network.
But let them do their parade I say.

I have been watching slock.it for a while now

 The Ex CEO of Ethereum is after his next hit and this could be it

keep an eye out the DOA is coming up soon