I think you are misunderstanding what is going on. I found this in another post and I think it might help you understand better: https://letstalkbitcoin.com/blog/post/lets-talk-bitcoin-217-the-bitcoin-block-size-discussion
It is an audio interview with Gavin and he explains things in plain english. There is a real concern with the 1mb size and something needs to be done. The members opposing Gavin jsut so happen to be invested in something called "blockstream" which also just so happens to be a solution to the problem of 1mb. It seems a little fishy to me. While I have not seen any direct evidence yet this could be a huge conflict of interest. So don't be afraid of Gavin, be afraid of the others. Or at least lets hope that they don't have a conflict of interest because that would make them very naughty indeed.
It is an audio interview with Gavin and he explains things in plain english. There is a real concern with the 1mb size and something needs to be done. The members opposing Gavin jsut so happen to be invested in something called "blockstream" which also just so happens to be a solution to the problem of 1mb. It seems a little fishy to me. While I have not seen any direct evidence yet this could be a huge conflict of interest. So don't be afraid of Gavin, be afraid of the others. Or at least lets hope that they don't have a conflict of interest because that would make them very naughty indeed.
I have been listening to it and Gavin himself admits in it that 32MB blocks were removed back in the day because they enabled a network threatening/existential exploit. There was no explanation in the interview why this shouldn't be a concern now.
Furthermore the blckstream thing you bring up is propaganda by the pro-Gavin-shills who try their very best to put everyone who opposes Gavincoin into a bad image.
Just because some developers are working on offchain solutions doesn't mean they are biased. They are doing exactly the work that needs to be done to keep Bitcoin defensible. It is not a conflict of interests, it is necessary work and real innovation. Just going ahead and bloating the blockchain is no innovation.
There are 100 things that can be done to increase max txs without forking the coin without consensus. None of that has been explored. Gavin just wants 'my way or the highway'.
Gavin with his behaviour turns off not only the other devs but also investors and actually threatens Bitcoin which could potentially become worthless with this desaster.
This whole thing to me looks like a power grab/attack on BTC
