Personally I think that the scaling issue is a load of bull. Bitcoin don't need to be fast as it is a very powerful crypto. I think the transaction value should be forced to grow by the short comings of the blockchain. We have many alt coins that can fill the mass market needs for fast micro payments. Bitcoin should be viewed as gold was view by the banks. it was not moved around much. if you had gold you keep it and you use it as a store of value. then you lend against the gold to do business but you don't sell your gold so why do people want to sell small bits of bitcoin?