If the bottleneck is processing transactions, chips will be built that will execute EVM instructions.
Apart from that Ethereum's block gas limit is floating and was set too low during a popular ICO recently which caused the congestion.
Its clearly not a top in terms of a bubble. Its merely the first sell off after too much new money came in too fast too soon.
"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."
What do you think about the ongoing block size restriction and a possible UASF event on August 1st? I think the top is in after the Barry Silbert Agreement.