>It's not clear to me why an increase to 2 or 4MB wasn't done though. Perhaps to force the issue?
Segwit, which activates on Bitcoin soon, already increases the the block size to ~2MB. Because Bitcoin Cash doesn't implement Segwit, increasing to merely the same size as Bitcoin wouldn't have been compelling.
Segwit, which activates on Bitcoin soon, already increases the the block size to ~2MB. Because Bitcoin Cash doesn't implement Segwit, increasing to merely the same size as Bitcoin wouldn't have been compelling.