So just a question to the small blocker crowd. Are you against the price going up? Because that will be the effect if the transaction volume stays at this level forever.
So to play devil's advocate, let me ask you a counter question:
Does the price not moving up from here (but stays the same relative to inflation) somehow violate the principles, tenants, or intended usage of bitcoin?
Another question:
How much of that current transaction volume is NOT traders trading to make a fiat profit? Hmmm? 2-3%, maybe?
It would mean bitcoin never becomes more than a curiosity in the footnotes of history. A proof of concept at the absolute best. Why would we want that?
It doesn't matter what the purpose and intent of any part of the current transaction volume is. Especially when nobody can prove claims of that sort one way or another. Everyone pays their fees. And that's another thing that needs to be considered, bitcoin absolutely must be able to resist "spam attacks" or whatever jargon people cook up next time it happens. Otherwise it is simply not good enough for mass adoption.
And you did not answer the question.
Price will always reflect demand > supply. Not how fast transactions can be made.
I'm sure that the block size limit will be raised or modified at some point. But if so it will be for purely technical reasons, like when it is in support of another technical function/solution, or the timing is right. And it will make sense to everyone involved.
Certainly not because some 20-something whiny bitch mega miner throws a hissy-fit because he personally feels that the whole network is suffering badly (but secretly just wants more mining control and more $$$$).
He should have more humility, as should Roger Ver. It's the users of bitcoin that decide the demand and thus the price, not the miners, exchanges, brokers, or merchants.