If bitcoin splits that will be the end of the great experiment. A truly decentralized, permissionless and peer-peer transfer of value.
I don't think bitcoin will fork, and if I'm correct, watch the value flee the alts and rush back into the digital gold. SegWit and possibly Lightning network will destroy all scaling issues plaguing bitcoin at the moment. Only time will tell.
Call me an optimist but I think there is hope. But ya if you look back not long ago to Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Unlimited, we all thought the fork was imminent. I do hope you are right though. I hate trying to deal with all this. It makes it hard to predict price.
lol...ya it sucks. I'll just hold it to the end. If it dies, it dies. All the ethereum and alt holders will be the new rich I guess. Then I can hang my head in shame.
Great post. Cheers! :)