While we celebrate the first block, keep in mind that miners are profit-minded, and tend to only follow whichever way promises the highest purchasing power. We might not gain in hashpower very quickly - I expect XT blocks to only roll in slowly in the coming weeks and months, as everyone holds their breath and stays on the fence for a while.

On the other hand, merchant acceptance is economic power, and the more support we get from them, the closer we get to the point where the rest of the ecosystem - miners and merchants alike - rush over here in an avalanche.

But how do we get there?

If a merchant accepts Bitcoin and runs a node to do that (merchants who don't run a node presumably uses Bitpay, Coinbase etc.; let those know too!), they are probably future-minded: People just like you and me, people who want Bitcoin to get bigger and be in the hands of more people. If we tell them about the 3.5tps, they'll listen. If we tell them about the insistence of the other side to force a "fee market" today, they'll listen. If we tell them about the whole mess created by the other side to censor freedom of choice, they'll listen.

They might not make a decision immediately, but it's important that they know.

Learn as much as you can, and spread the news!