If the bitcoin consumers were king, then the majority of them would collude and stop hoarding their bitcoins.<p>But they can&#x27;t, because they&#x27;re rational like the miners.  Bitcoins are deflationary and always going to be traded as an asset, for which the small block size suffices and the Miners will continue to profit from.  The bitcoin consumers can as much influence the miners as they can influence each other to voluntarily lose wealth.