I don't think so. The short term fix is very simple. Increase block size from 1MB to 2MB. That buys enough time for this magical "Lightning Network" fix to be developed, tested and deployed.
Somewhere along the way politics got in the way of common sense.
I believe it is not so simple. Hard fork will divide community for sure. Big money was bet on bitcoin and any hard fork will bring a lot of uncertain. That is going to cost much more for bitcoin in long term.
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