A patch increasing the (still limited) # of transactions at the expense of blockchain size.  At best a cludgy temp fix, "[f]rom a CS and engineering point of view."
Besides, we aren't talking about what Bitcoin could be if we changed the code--we're talking about Bitcoin as it is now

^TL;DR: Hardforks are just fine, we'll hardfork this thing like a red-headed stepchild--change 21mil max coin limit, give it 50% a year inflation because hardfork, so whateva!

now you're talking, baby:

Bitcoin: The “Perfect Gold”

http://insidebitcoins.com/news/bitcoin-the-perfect-gold/29080?utm_content=buffere5c51&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

you mean this one?

4 pools controlling more than 51% of the network.

Very decentralized, much impossibility of mining cartels, many trustless currencies, wow.

The interesting thing about professional trolls is that they help devs and investors think through every possible weakness and pitfall of the system, from the obvious to the far-fetched. So they too end up contributing.

For everything else there is the ignore button.   

^
*contraindicator.  One step at a tiem--first lrn 2 spellinks, then u can haz macroeconomics.

Whats worse is they probably hold coins just like everyone else, but are so insecure in themselves that they don't want to admit it in case anyone points out they were wrong. There whole sense of self identity is pinned on what random strangers on the internet think about their screen name. They come on here to slate everyone else just so that if BTC does go to shit they can still jerk off about how smrt they were on the internet. Then if the price does go up, they'll go back to posting on their original account, like they knew all along.

Beyond embarrassing.

Central banks are getting more negative press these days.