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> you probably don't want to use a scaling solution which only works if you assume Bitcoin will never achieve mainstream adoption

But, that's exactly what happened with segwit. Why is that worth doing but increasing the block size is not?

The main thing Segwit fixes is transaction malleability (which is necessary for Lightning).

If I recall correctly, Segwit was a prerequisite to Lightning. A block size increase is not.

You recall incorrectly. A malleability fix was a prerequisite to Lightning. SegWit is just one of many possible malleability fixes.

Were there any other serious proposals for fixing transaction malleability without Segwit?