Lucas Nuzzi of Digital Asset Research examines the most contentions aspect of Bitcoin's scaling debate (block sizes) and how conflicting narratives over original visions and protocol evolution have brought about a valuable experiment on chain forking, social contention, and protocol changes. Ultimately, Nuzzi concludes that the only true "death spiral" that destroys value in cryptographic currency network is the reflexive decision to "just fork it" as a first-choice solution.