How to go about controversial changes once the community takes over?

[TungSvard]

Ultimately, a long-term change management process needs to be agreed upon. How, when, and by whom is up to some serious debate. Some thoughts on the matter have been discussed here:

Bitcoin block size debate exposing problem with requiring too much consensus

The debate whether or not to increase bitcoin’s block size exposes how difficult it is to make changes to p2p protocols like bitcoin. Personally, I think the block size needs to be increased as recommended and pushed by Gavin Andreson. So it boggles my mind on how difficult it is to reach consensus on what seems like a no-brainer decision. Regardless of my stance on the matter, it shows how reaching consensus becomes harder and harder as a p2p protocol like bitcoin becomes bigger and bigger a…