Lessons Learned from the Scaling Debate

[iamTom123]

The long and winding road for the Bitcoin scaling debate is just days before closing (hopefully) and soon we are looking forward for a more vigorous and soaring Bitcoin (though it would not be problem-free journey).

So what are the things we have seen and learned on this very controversial debate? There are so many. We have seen that politics infused with varying self-vested interests were winning the days even obscuring clearer and better solutions for the problems at hand. Human nature is still at work here...and the element of greed is sometimes getting into the top. Greed can be utilized for the benefits of all concerned but too much of that can be detrimental to the whole community.

The community have been focused so much on the technological side of things and with different and opposing ideas on solving the problems there should have been a unifying vision so that ideas should not be tools to muddled things down but instead to enlighten.

Please share the things you have seen and learned during this stage of Bitcoin history.

[cjmoles]

This is what I've learned: Blockchain governance is not independent of real world politics....while it is easy to "say" that the consensus protocols are built into the code and the network will decide based on the "longest chain," in real life, we know that there were efforts all along the way to manipulate the choices....ddos attacks, censorship, fake news....etc.  The question is: what solutions have we discovered that will truly decentralize and distribute blockchain network governance which can be implemented in the next generation altcoin that could replace the antiquated bitcoin network?