The decision to activate SegWit, which increased the block size limit to 4MB, coupled with the decision to activate Taproot, which made it cheaper to create certain transactions, made all of this possible.
What is incredibly beautiful about this process is that it is completely voluntary. Individuals opt-in to the creation and utilization of these features by their own volition as Bitcoin draws their attention and leverages their labor to fortify itself.
What we learned towards the end of last Summer is exactly what Matthew is describing in his thread, node operators ultimately decide what Bitcoin is and miners are contracted out to secure the network and collect block rewards and transaction fees for their service.
Back to my original point, if you see someone attempting to equate the #No2X movement with Core, #note who said it. This person doesn't get how Bitcoin works.
