Ok. This is might be interesting dynamics. I cannot exclude that and think that there is already push towards oligopolisation there. There will be a lot of bitcoin in hands of TradFi, nation states. This itself does not give them power over protocol, right?

Correct me if I’m wrong but the scenario might be like that:

1. implement fork in economical nodes

2. wait for big miners to follow (hash power is already centralized)

3. don’t care about plebs’ nodes as they will be left in abandoned old Bitcoin chain which will be easy to attack when hashpower goes to new chain

As for the block space wars, this is great topic. I went through 5 podcasts with Bob Burnett. I have never thought about that before. This guy is realy extraordinary.