The stakes are just too high to let a split happen. If we see a split, there is going to be the biggest unloading of positions we've ever seen in crypto and with the loss in trust will come the loss of business support which the tech is working so hard to be accepted as mainstream.
The powers that be know this and SURELY won't let it happen...
RE: Fork Christ's Sake: Bitcoin is going to fork. Is SegWit Bitcoin? Whose side should I be on?