OK, let us game this out. What exactly do you propose zimmah is shilling for, and who exactly do you propose is paying zimmah for this shilling?
My posts speak for themselves, but I would suggest that you, jbreher, are engaging in whiteknighting.... not the first time.
Progress may or may not be underway. Results have not been forthcoming. The time for urgency was approximately one year ago, when persistently full blocks were imminent but not yet a reality. Core has utterly failed in addressing the problem before it became economically significant.
Where's the problem exactly, again?
I had three transactions this week, and one transaction took about two hours (1st confirmation took about 67 minutes), and the other two took less than an hour (actually 7 minutes and 17 minutes to confirm, then a couple more blocks, I had access to the coins, with three confirmations).
There is no major problem here... just have to gear expectations in accordance with performance.
You are wrong.
Yes, we disagree, again.