True, nothing happened yet, however, blackrock did state that the supply might not be fixed at 21M and now this proposed change comes along.
https://protos.com/bitcoin-supply-may-not-be-fixed-at-21m-says-blackrock/
Discussion
So, do you consider blackrock some sort of authority on bitcoin?... or is this a case that they are just as free to say or propose something stupid re:bitcoin as anyone else?
No i dont think they are an authority on btc, however, I do think they have tons of funds, and can pay off just about anyone. maybe core dev would be a target for them? I do agree it is a stupid proposal but just keeping in mind what big investors may try.
Conceivably, blackrock could fund a fork (a la Bitcoin Cash). But there's no way to force everyone who wants a fixed supply to use the fork without a fixed supply. That would just end up being a really expensive mistake for blackrock.
They'd be able to fork off for free. Even if they did pay off a dev, so what? Would you run that version of the software?